In the nonfiction essay “Am I Blue”, the author uses metaphors to highlight the severity and banality of animal suffering in our society and how these animals are capable of understanding emotions such as pain and sadness. When Blue’s friend is taken away from him, he becomes the epitome of sadness: “If I had been born into slavery, and my partner had been sold or killed, my eyes would have looked like that” (Walker 54). By relating the horse’s feelings to a very real and horrible situation that many people had to live through, it makes it easier for others to feel remorse for the animal’s…