In the expression "he blockaded me with his chair", what are wheeler's movements being compared with?

By definition, a blockade is "an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving."

By checking the context (which comes from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County") we can have more clarity on this:

"Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair and then sat me down and reeled off the monotonous narrative"

The comparison might have been to a wall, or a large object which seals an exit. His movements might also have been compared to a maneuver with tanks or ships that is meant to prevent an enemy from crossing a certain area.

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

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