The town hall
The appearance of the town hall is facilitated through an employment of a simile through which the shape of it is refined by the comparison to a box of cigars. The narrator notes: "The town hall stood at one side of the plaza; it was shaped like a cigar box." The simile thus emphasizes the shape of the town hall and also enhances the image of its appearance in the reader's subconscious.
The letters
In a calendar, a young girl is presented in a boat fanning herself. The appearance of the letters scribbled beneath the girl is enhanced via the writer's employment of a simile to compare them to silver dust.
The narrator notes: "A very pretty calendar showed a young girl fanning herself in a boat, and beneath her, there was a line of letters which seemed like silver dust…"
Sleep soundly
"I pushed the pillow away and laid my head on the folded pants and slept like a log that night."
The narrator's virtually un-interfered and sound sleep is emphasized via the use of a simile to compare how he slept to a log. The simile enhances familiarity that enhances the appeal.
The unnoticeable passing hours
Being engrossed in fishing has the outcome of holding the narrator so that he is unable to notice as the time flows swiftly by. In this sense, he compares how the hours went by during his fishing sprees, especially when he became engrossed in the activity, to shadows.
The narrator notes: "When the mood to fish was on me, the hours slipped away like shadows, without my noticing them so that it was always dark by the time I went to pack up my gear."
The imagery of the narrator's sister
The conception of the narrator's sister's appearance begins with a simile in which she is said to be as red as a boiled crab. Her imagery becomes more prominent when a thin fuzz on her head is likened to that of a starling. The imagery of her hands is also emphasized via the comparison to little claws.
The narrator notes: "I saw she was sticky all over and red as a boiled crab. She had some thin fuzz on the top of her head, like a starling or a young pigeon in the nest, which she lost in a few months, and her hands were like thin little claws."
