The imagery of the eggs
The narrator compares the appearance of the eggs, specifically, their arrangement to the arrangement of marbles. The comparison evokes familiarity which makes the image of the eggs more apparent. The narrator notes: "The eggs are arranged like marbles, the other children crowd around, but you can tell they are not allowed to touch unless the cross-legged one gives permission."
The transparent hair strands
The imagery of the almost transparent white hairs seen from the crown's fount is enhanced through their comparison to a nylon fishing line. The use of the simile enhances the reader's perception of the extent of the hair strands' whiteness. The narrator notes: "One or two single white hairs that, visible from the fount of the crown all the way down, seem transparent, like nylon fishing line."
The flecks of pith
The narrator uses a simile to bring out the imagery of the flecks of pith that attach themselves to the workers preparing the fodder for the cattle. When the narrator compares these flecks of pith to spit, their imagery is enhanced.
The narrator notes: "…they had been feeding the dry and stripped mealie plants into a machine that chopped up the stuff for cattle fodder; tissue-thin fragments of leaf, millimetre strips of bamboo-smooth stalk, flecks of pith like spit, clung lightly to them in a dust complex as snow-flakes."
The squeaking and vibrating wires
The narrator uses a simile to compare the vibrating of the wires to that of broken guitar strings. The direct comparison enhances the reader's conception of how the strings vibrated under strain: "The job is finished in the silence of wire squeaking under strain round the new creosoted posts, twanging like broken guitar strings when released."
The dogs' snapping jaws
The appearance of the dogs' snapping jaws is made prominent through the narrator's employment of a simile. The dogs snap their jaws like shears, a comparison that evokes an image of their ferocity. The narrator notes: "Immediately those dogs are bouncing themselves at the fence where the car comes to rest, hooking their claws through the mesh and snatching at thin air with jaws that snap like shears."
