Analogy

Analogy essay: Topic 2
By: Bharat Krishnan

Simile: Growing up is like riding a bike.

All human beings go through a series of experiences in life. These experiences can either be bad or good. If the experiences are good humans would turn out to be decent people. Usually people who go through bad experiences, they usually get affected by the environment. Humans tend to grow up when they go visit different places and learn new things. So, the more experiences you go through the more you grow. Riding a bike in a way shows how right choices help you grow into a better person.
Experiences begin right when a new born baby has sprung out from a mother’s womb. Once the baby comes out, it begins to see the outer world and begins to realise and react with the five senses. The baby starts smelling the air, the fingers start feeling the atmosphere, eyes look around the outer world, and the baby starts breathing in the air. Soon the baby learns to crawl due to the parent’s help. So the same applies to riding a bike. Before any beginner starts riding a bike, they would have to look around the platform. They must check if the area has no bumps, sharp objects, and must make sure that they’re wearing safety equipment. When beginners start riding a bike they would use training wheels involving more support. Using the same idea, babies use their legs and hands as double support. And so becoming better at biking involves more experience and practice. Beginners would become professional bikers once they take of their training wheels. But to do so, they would need their parent’s support. Parents would hold on to their bikes and try to make them gain speed by running along with the bike. With support from something or someone they would finally understand how to balance by themselves. This is the same way babies learn to walk. They maintain their balance by using other objects and finally get used to it.
Finally after a year of practicing, the baby would learn how to walk. And...