The simile of homeless and happy people
The narrator compares the lifestyle of happy people and homeless people using imagery. According to the narrator, the happy people live a posh lifestyle characterized by huddling around milkshakes. On the other hand, the poor people huddle around the fire to keep warm because that is the only luxury they can afford. The narrator says, "Happy people huddled around a milkshake to keep cool while the homeless people huddled around a fire to keep warm.”
Comparison of a real job and being an artist
Jordan’s passion is to become an artist because he considers it a job that can earn him a living. On the contrary, the mother compares the artistry job to nothing real and persuades him to join Riverdale Academy to pursue a meaningful career. Jordan says, “For some reason, she doesn't think that being an artist is a real job. So she gently persuaded me to go to Riverdale Academy, a Day School. RAD."
Contrasting Riverdale to the Bronx
The debate on whether Riverdale Academy is situated in the Bronx is endless because the same people make contrasting arguments that depict a comparison simile. People's imagination about Riverdale is described using a simile. The narrator says, "That is because this is what people imagine whenever they think of Riverdale. And that is how some people imagine of Bronx.”
