Lesson141Thecondescendingviewfromthefiftiethfloorofthecity’scrowdsbelowcutsthesepeopleofffromhumanity.—transferredepithet2Somuchofwell-to-doAmericanowlivesantisepticallyinenclaves,tranquilandluxurious,thatshutouttheworld.—synecdoche,metaphor3SitcomsclonedandcannedinHollywood—alliteration;metaphor4TinPanAlley.—metonymy5NewYorkwasneverMeccatome..—metonymy;metaphor6NatureconstantlyyieldstomaninNewYork.—personification7Sodoesanattitudewhichseesthepubliconlyintermsoflarge,malleablenumbers.—asimpersonallyasdoestheclatteringsubwayturnstilebeneaththeofficetowers..—simile;onomatopoeia8Thosepaintingsdon’tselldoillustrations;thosewhocan’tgetactingjobsdocommercials;thosewhoarewritingambitiousnovelssustainthemselvesonthemagazines—parallelism9“Sowhatelseisnew?”.—rhetoricalquestion10Thedefeatedarenothiddenawaysomewhereelseonthewrongsideoftown.—euphemism11Allhavetheirlittlesovereignties,allaresizableenoughtobe…...—metaphor12Characteristically,thecityswallowsuptheUnitedNationsandrefusestotakeitseriously.—personification