“They whirl airily” - He smiles in a pulsing crescendo of sincerity. (Metaphor)
The story contains few descriptions or similes touching characters’ feelings. But an imaginary paragraph about Jack’s love with the babysitter is full of color. They are like a light breeze going through the rose-emerald landscapes, he admires her hair, her body. He feels the sincerity which is growing, almost screaming while still being a form of music.
Flood - He’s flooded with vague remembrances of football rallies and movie balconies. (Metaphor)
Harry Tucker loves his wife Dolly. He probably was happy with her at one point, but now he sees only routine. The young girl looking after their children made him remember years he was young. Such contrast between the women, remembrances are like a flood he cannot escape from. He thinks about the girl all the time and finally the flood of feelings washes him back to his house, where the car accident happens.
“Western” - A crazy rodeo of long bucking legs (Metaphor)
That night, the babysitter wished numerous times that she were looking after other children, less restless and naughty. Still they are children and several times they knocked her down playing and tickling her. The western film is on the TV. So that the comparison with traditional western entertainment comes, with children in the role of riders and the girl made acting as a bull.
“Mark” - Out chasing tail probably. (Metaphor)
From these words, we can guess that such chasing is usual for Mark. He is a young man, a kind of a bad boy, open and probably successful with girls. He is young so that doesn’t cloud himself with perfect relations like Jack, and it is good for him. He tells Jack there’s nothing bad in their coming to the Tuckers, that it’s just a game. So it is an accurate description from the father, containing to whole image of Mark and his spare time.
“Panties” - Her panties lie on the floor like a broken balloon. (Simile)
These words belong to the paragraph depicting the imaginary scene with Mark and Jack breaking into the Tuckers’ house and trying to rape their babysitter. She is crying, her hip bruised, she got some wounds. Now she is broken and has no worth for Mark, she looks like her panties – thrown away, having no strength to resist. This simile is to intensify the whole scene.
