The shifting of the storm
The narrator likens the shift of the storm to an amoeba's movements. This simile is used to enhance the description of the storm, particularly, its quick change in direction: "The storm, which at first had looked like an amoeba shifting across the screen, had become unmoving bands of red and orange, as if the television had frozen, or the storm had turned sedentary, a new land formation across eastern Kansas."
The lining of motorcycles in the parking lot
The narrator additionally uses a simile to directly liken the arrangement of motorcycles in the parking lot to the lining of cigarettes in the parking lot. This direct comparison alludes to the neat arrangement of the motorcycles: "Motorcycles filled the parking lot, twenty or so, lined up neatly like cigarettes in a fresh pack."
The hair on the sculpture of the woman
When the narrator's father asks them to pick out something for the apartment, the narrator asks him what he was picking. When he brings him to the statue of a woman in profile, the narrator describes it vividly using a simile: "Her hair flowed back with her dress, and her long neck leaned forward, like an animal smelling what was coming in the wind."
Mr. Aguilar's look
The narrator compares Mr. Aguilar's look, that is, his shaven face and closely cropped hair and high-waisted swim trunks to a military man. This comparison enhances imagery: "Barrel-chested, with a shaven face and closely cropped hair, he looked like a military man in his high-waisted swim trunks."
Amelia's clung on Mr. Aguilar
Using the crack on Amelia's door, the narrator notices Amelia and Mr. Aguilar making out on the bed. The narrator uses a simile to enhance his presentation of Amelia's clutch on M. Aguilar: "She clung to him like a tree dweller."
