Now, a tick represents the way people view Grenouille. Later in the novel, the metaphor changes its meaning. Grenouille remains alive without knowing what is the true reason behind his existence. The description of life that is lived by a stubborn and unstoppable tick is being compared to the life of Grenouille in order to underline the main character’s ability to survive on the smallest amount of nutrition and the lack of impact he brings to the world around him. But the tick, stubborn, sullen, and loathsome, huddles there and lives and waits” ( Suskind 25).
It could fall to the floor of the forest and creep a millimeter or two here or there on its six tiny legs and die-it would be no great loss. ”The lonely tick, which, wrapped up in itself, huddles in its tree, blind, death, and dumb, and simply sniffs. Throughout the novel, Patrick Suskind draws a comparison between Grenouille and a tick in order to demonstrate Grenouille’s appearance and role in the society as well as his true intentions. Ticks are parasites that could easily be find on animals, birds, and reptiles.
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