Whirligig

What metaphors are used in Whirligig by Paul Fleischman?

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The whirligigs of the story become a metaphor for Brent's life as it flashes, twists, and turns, in chaotic disorder. Then order is restored as he fashions each whirligig and finds just the right spot for it.