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Life As A River Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. A well-known line that was made famous by Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump, this quote illustrates a metaphor that can easily be applied to life. Life, at times, can be just as unpredictable as a box or See’s candy nuts and chews. What lies beneath each decadent chocolate coating, as with each new day, is unpredictable. Another metaphor that is often used for life is a river. A fine example of this is seen in David James Duncan’s, “River Teeth: A Definition”. It is through his definition of “river teeth” that Duncan provides a strong metaphor for life that gives it new meaning. A lot can be said about a single picture. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. But more than the words, a picture is full of memories. Whether it’s good times at a party, a beautiful sunset captured on vacation, or maybe just a family portrait from the 80’s; it’s all about the memories. Some might even say that memories are all that we have. To author David James