Simile to Describe the Silence in the Room
The narrator uses a simile to describe the silence in the room after he discovered that a man was lying dead on the floor. The simile used is, “Seconds filled with a quivering silence, like a sheet of blank paper wrapped in electricity.” In the simile, the narrator has likened the silence to a sheet of blank paper.
Noises produced by the chords of A’s Neck
The narrator uses a simile to describe the noise that was produced by the chords of A’s neck. The simile used is, “Cords in his neck made noises like snapping matchsticks.” The simile likens the snapping noises produced to the snapping of matchsticks.
A’s Description of the Dead Body
A described the dead body lying on the floor of his apartment as, “… it gave the impression of subtle but incessant movement, rather like the hands of a clock.” In this description, the likening of the corpse to the hands of a clock is a simile that creates imagery.
The posed look of the corpse
The narrator uses a simile to describe the way that the corpse lying on A’s apartment block was lying. The simile is, “It had an artificially posed look, like the snapshots of dancers in midleap.” The manner in which the corpse was lying has been directly likened to how dancers look when a photo of them is taken midleap.
The thoughts that A had
The narrator describes how thoughts came into A’s mind as, “All at once, like a dam bursting, a flood of thoughts came rushing into his mind.” In the description, the narrator has used the metaphor of a ‘flood of thoughts’ to illustrate that many thoughts came to the mind of A. There is also use of a simile whereby the manner in which the thoughts came is likened to the bursting of a dam.
