The feeling of the little peashooter ‘like a cannon’
The narrator compares the heaviness of the peashooter to that of a cannon using a simile. Through this direct comparison, the reader can develop an impression of how heavy the peashooter was.
The coiled venom inside a gun ‘like a steel-scaled serpent’
The narrator expresses the feel of a gun vividly, beginning with its coldness to the touch with its venom coiled inside “like a steel-scaled serpent.” This description enhances the reader’s perception of the power held by the gun.
The shifting of something different in the narrator ‘like a tide or a sand dune’
The narrator says that something was shifting within her ‘like a tide or a sand dune.’ This direct comparison using a simile enhances imagery and adds concreteness to the description.
The narrator’s trembling hands ‘like saplings’
After Justin moves close to Tiffany and asks her to show how good she was target shooting using the rifle, Tiffany is unable to shoot with her ‘hands trembling like saplings in a summer zephyr.’
The hanging smoke ‘like smog’
As the narrator and her friends smoke, a simile is used to bring out how the smoke from the nicotine cigarettes hung. The direct comparison of how the smoke hung to smog enhances imagery in the work.
