The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other

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by Walker Percy

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I've read Metaphor as Mistake (ch 4) twice but not sure I get it. I think that Percy is saying a metaphor brightens our comprehension of the world rather than confusing it, but I'm not sure what he means by mistake. Any thoughts?

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