Burly shadow puppets (Simile)
Men at the nightclubs are likened to burly shadow puppets. The narrator says, "Two men moved in front of the window like burly shadow puppets, inches away from me. I could see their shapes but not details." After arriving in London, the narrator realizes that Londoners love leisure because, from her hotel window, she can see several entertainment joints.
Automatic fortune-teller (Simile)
The narrator compares herself to the automatic fortune. The narrator says, "If the drinkers had noticed me, I would have looked at them like an automatic fortune-teller machine in a box." The narrator convinces herself that if the drinkers notice she is looking at them, she can pretend to be an automated fortune-teller machine to divert their attention.
The metaphor of monsters
The narrator uses the metaphor of monsters to embody fear. The narrator says, “Above ground, monsters were everywhere, with terrible hair and red neckties. The monsters weren’t in control of their powers – the hate crimes, mass shootings, heat waves, stupidity, certainty, flash floods, and wildfires – but they had reached." The monsters are the evil power of nature that is beyond human control. When the narrator stays in London for a short vacation, she notices that the heat wave is causing havoc to humanity.
