[stuartcr]

Geography is a finite science, one can actually find places on earth, with or without maps. You can also find others that have done the exact same thing, repeatedly. We're talking about something completely different here.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

We're talking about something completely different here.

Simile: A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as -- i.e. you are like some who says he doesn't need to read geography books because he doesn't plan on leaving town.

Your questions are sophomoric.