Metaphors

Run like the wind Comparison: The author is stating that a person has to moves extremely fast. Authority is a chair, it needs legs to support it. Comparison: It states that authority only lasts if there are poeple who support it.
 * 1) fast (obviously)
 * 2) flee a place
 * 3) ever changing
 * 1) authority needs people
 * 2) needs to be equally balanced to stay upright
 * 3) without people's support, authority is useless
 * 4) without people authority is not what it is meant to be

The sea is a hungry dog Comparison : The writer is trying to say that the sea is ruthless and ever-hungry.
 * 1) it is ruthless
 * 2) it swallows things whole
 * 3) it is never satisfied
 * 4) it is nearly impossible to control
 * 5) it is deep and nearly impossible to fathom