In “The Big Book of Therapy”, Bob Hicok is conveying how special it is to be rare as in to be yourself by utilizing similes to exaggerate the incredible aspects of being rare. The author is comparing people to snowflakes, he says “If you think of humans as rare/ as snowflakes, your world/ is constantly melting.”, and this portrays how important it is to be yourself because if everyone was the same, there would be no excitement in the world. I believe the author is trying to convey the message of being yourself because there are too many people in the world who follow society's standards out of fear that they will be rejected and this creates bad emotions, therefore leading to a depressed world. The author then switches the role of a dog and a human to show that being different than everyone else is a good thing because people really appreciate rareness when the author says “If you think of humans as essential/ to keeping dogs happy,/ someone will always want/ to buy you a beer.”, and this emphasizes the true specialness of being yourself. The Big Book of Therapy Bob Hicok If you think of humans as rare as snowflakes, your world is constantly melting. If you think of humans as essential to keeping dogs happy, someone will always want to buy you a beer.
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