Hiding like mice
The idea of wasting time is not quite what America Singer, the narrator, entertains. As they escape and make their way to safety, the narrator can’t help thinking about the time that would be wasted as they hid. She has to square with herself on this issue. Their scared state during the hiding is perceivable through a simile in which the same is likened to the hiding of mice: “As we descended into the darkness, I tried to reconcile myself to the hours that would be wasted, hiding like mice.”
America Singer’s perception of Maxon’s eyes
America Singer is head over heels with Prince Maxon. As she is helped by Maxon, she ‘drowns’ in his eyes lost in their chocolate color. In this regard, she uses a simile to bring out the color of Maxon’s eyes directly comparing them to chocolate: “Your eyes look like chocolate.”
Prince Maxon’s perception of Singer’s eyes.
After the narrator brings to Maxon and the reader’s attention, the chocolate color of his eyes, he returns the ‘compliment’ through a comparison of her eyes to the morning sky. He says: “And yours look like the morning sky.” In this way, the imagery of the narrator’s eyes is enhanced.
Kriss’s dress
The narrator evokes the idea of Kriss having it all, an “embodiment of all things royal,” even if she wasn’t trying. On this occasion, she uses a simile to bring out the appearance of her dress which conjured the image of a blossoming flower: “Her dress was fitted through the waist and burst out like a flower blossoming toward the ground.”
The queen's face
Lady America feels quite bad that the queen is not a part of the photo session that Kriss and Elise are so indulged in. She picks up a brush to do the queen's hair and the two get to talking. After the queen advises her, she responds jokingly calling her “mom.” Dumbfounded the queen's face becomes expressionless and a simile is used to enhance its imagery. In particular, the writer notes: “She looked back at me, her face like stone.”
