The honking of the foghorns like demented musicians
The writer uses a simile to bring to the reader's attention how the forghorns honked over and over again, directly comparing them to a demented musician playing two of his favorite notes: "The day his boat happened into harbor, though, he couldn't make out the bridge until he was almost under it, what with the fog; and all there was to hear were foghorns. These honked high, low, high, low, over and over, like a demented musician playing his favorite two notes."
The comparison of Cammy's hairy forearms to a monkey's
In his description of Cammy, the narrator says that she has a long nose and hairy forearms. The writer then uses a simile to emphasize Ralph's dislike for this hair comparing it to a monkey's: "With her big barbarian frame and long nose and hairy forearms, though, she just wasn't Ralph's type (the hair bothered him especially — like a monkey's, he thought); and anyway, he was too exhausted to be thinking about such things — having come, he belatedly realized, to the complete other side of the world."
The rolled-up newspaper in Mr Fitt's hand
The writer also uses a simile in presenting the way in which Mr Fitt carried his newspaper rolled-up, directly comparing it to a bat to enhance imagery: "In this life, he carried a rolled-up newspaper in his thick hand like a bat he meant to use on someone."
The rumbling of Ralph's heart
After realizing that he had forgotten to hand in some signed forms to the foreign student's office and having witnessed Cammy arguing with the bully Mr Fitt, the writer describes Ralph's rumbling heart using a simile directly comparing it to a Peking Opera drum. He writes: "Ralph's heart rumbled like a Peking Opera drum; it was the crescendo before — crash of the cymbals! — a hero appeared."
Ralph's comparison of Cammy to a star
As Cammy and Ralph have a conversation, Ralph uses a simile to compare Cammy directly to a star. He says, "You know, you are like star in sky." After Cammy refuses, he then compares her to a bird, "You are like bird." This direct comparison is aimed at enhancing the reader's image of Cammy, not as a bird but with respect to her ambitions.
