In the early years of adulthood people have not yet matured. They tend to drain themselves before life even begins. Marian Lewes writes her letter to illustrate it is more beneficial for authors to write when they are older, because younger writes exhaust themselves before their careers even begins.
Writing young is similar to a race. In a race when someone gives their all in the first half they tend to become tired, losing the race. In the letter Lewes writes, “It is a misfortune to many that they begin to write when they are young and give at all that is genuine and peculiar in them when it can be no better than trashy, unripe fruit”. Lewes uses this metaphor to compare younger writers’ work to trashy, unripe fruit. The metaphor emphasizes how awful their work can be. Lewes writes, “There is nothing more dreary than life of a writer who had early exhausted himself”, to further extend her claim. Lewes writes in the beginning of her…show more content… Lewes uses metaphors to compare young writers’ pieces in a negative way. She writes young authors’ produce “no better than trashy, unripe fruit”. In her younger years, nothing disgusted Lewes more than the writing of others her age. Writing is difficult and she proves this threw her metaphor comparing writing to giving birth. When the piece is complete there is nothing, but a “poor husk” of the author. Writing physically and mentally drains the author. When the piece is complete the author is at the point of exhaustion. A common fable is “The Tortoise and the Hare”. The moral of the story is slow and steady wins the race. Older authors, the tortoise, have more experience and knowledge. With the experience and knowledge, they have their work is more professional. Young authors, the hare, exhaust themselves early in the race. In the end, the older authors
