Metaphor is most often used as a literary device in which a word or phrase that usually denotes one item is used to denote another, thereby making an implicit comparison . Travel is an effective metaphor because it can accurately describe many concepts from all walks of life without becoming vague. This feat is accomplished using the inherent characteristics of the word "journey" itself, since a journey can be representative of a process, a physical journey, or any endeavor involving a goal. In Heading South, Looking North by Ariel Dorfman, Il Postino by Michael Radford and "Walking Around" by Pablo Neruda, the metaphor of travel manifests itself both as a process experienced by the protagonists and as a goal that they pursue. strive to achieve. In the three works under discussion, the process takes the form of a physical journey, while the goal is to discover one's true identity. These two interpretations of travel as metaphor are intrinsically linked, and through careful analysis we will see how these associations are represented through these works. Heading South, Looking North by Ariel Dorfman perhaps best illustrates the concept of a journey being both a process and a process. aim. Dorfman's travels are the focus of the autobiography, but the travels of Dorfman's parents become important in the development of different facets of Dorfman's search for identity. The connections between Dorfman's introspection and his journey begin, strangely, before his own birth. The story begins in the early 20th century, when Dorman's parents had to flee Europe; his father leaves Odessa and his mother leaves Russia. They each land in Argentina, where they meet in the language common to both bilinguals: Spanish. Essentially, the construction of Dorfman's identity begins there, since he was “conceived in Spanish, literally imagined by that language…” (Heading South, 14). This allows us to observe how Dorfman's parents' travels are directly linked to two central elements of Dorfman's identity: his name, Vladimiro, and his language, Spanish (for the moment). The name "Vladimiro" is an important part of Dorfman's identity as it was born from the values ​​and educated experiences of his father. In essence, Dorfman inherits the product of his father's inner journey, which included a fascination with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution. This is only the beginning of Dorfman's metaphorical and physical journeys, as throughout the book Dorman encounters new ideals that significantly alter his goals; most often, it is travel that causes this reorientation.