Explain how the use if figurative language,such as simile, helps to create a vivid image of the world within

Alverez uses euphemisms, metaphors and other figurative language to describe people and situations. Dede's father uses the idiom "Every foot needs a hard shoe" to state that somebody in the family needs to be practical and a realist. Similarly when Minerva discovers that her father has another family, she laments, "I know the clouds have already rained." She knows things can't be changed.