The spheres
The imagery of the spheres is enhanced through a direct comparison to balloons. In particular, the huge size of the spheres is comprehensible through the direct comparison. The narrator notes: “…the spheres were taller than those who sat on them, stretched out like huge filmy balloons.”
The packed people within the sphere
The narrator explains comprehensively what kept the sphere from rolling and spilling people out. In this description, he uses a simile in which he emphasizes the packed nature of the people within the spheres as the reason for not falling out. The narrator notes: “…they were all packed in together between the walls, like eggs in a box.”
“Slicing him up like a carrot”
The narrator uses a simile to enhance the imagery of Thelenes slicing up his interlocutor. The direct comparison of the interlocutor being sliced to a carrot being sliced enhances a sense of familiarity that enhances the appeal of the comparison. The narrator notes: “[…] Thelenes has tricked his interlocutor into saying something stupid and is about to begin slicing him up like a carrot on a plank.”
The presence of the avouts
The feeling that the narrator has of being surrounded by the forty new avouts even though they had not arrived is brought out via a simile. The presence of this avouts is compared to that of ghosts seeing as they are invisible. The narrator notes: “[…] Even though they were not here yet, they seemed to surround us like ghosts, which made me seem older by contrast.”
The fidgeting Kinagrams
The writer uses a simile to enhance the comprehension of the fidgeting of the faded Kinagrams. He notes: “Beneath a grey film of congealed exhaust, faded Kinagrams fidgeted like maggots trapped in a garbage bag.” The use of this direct comparison thus enhances imagery.
