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He kept all these things locked up in a box, but it was the box of his ‘memory.’
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The “box” is a metaphor for his memory. He keeps experiences, thoughts, or feelings stored there instead of in a physical container. “Locked up” suggests that these things are kept private or difficult to reach, while the quotation marks around “memory” draw attention to the unusual comparison.
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- Packard Humanities Institute, History of India, Volume 7
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