The simile of Rorschach test
Benji and his brother compare their sleeping style in the backseat in the car to the Rorschach test. The narrator says, "Any unnecessary movement might exile you from the realm of half-sleep and into the bleary half awake, so my brother and I did a zombie march slow and mute until we hit the backseat, where we turned into our separate nooks, sniffing upholstery, butt to butt, a more or less looking like a Rorschach test." Since Benji and his brother are woken up very early by their father to beat the traffic jam, they quickly jump into the backseat and fall asleep.
The simile of cartoon characters
Benji compares himself and his brother to cartoon characters. People are used to seeing them together, and when one is missing in action, they think that either Benji or Reggie is not complete. Benji says, "There was something in the human DNA that compelled people to say 'Benji' 'n' Reggie' in a singsong way as if we were cartoon characters or mascots of twenty-five cent candy."
The simile of finger-food aficionados
The narrator compares himself to a die-hard finger aficionado when he says, "It was bar mitzvah season, a good time to be alive by any measure, but particularly for die-hard finger-food aficionados like myself." Benji remembers his coming of age and the initiation rituals that he had to under just like his friends. However, Benji also recalls that this is the season that his favorite meals were put on the table.
The simile of flying saucers
The narrator compares his marveling of the silver hors to the flying saucers when he says, "I remember marveling at the silver hors d'oeuvres trays as they dipped and flitted through the air like flying saucers out of a '50s sci-fi movie, bearing alien life forms I had never reckoned, messengers of gustatory peace and goodwill." The simile is significant because it aids the reader to comprehend the narrator's love for silver hors.
Sidney pointer (Simile)
Benji recalls how his fellow white students could whisper behind his back about his color. Benji was the only black child in his class, and the entire school was predominantly white. One day Benji overheard his classmates’ gossip and compare him to a Sidney pointer when they said, "So regal and composed – he looks like a young Sidney pointer."
