Crusoe and Friday metaphor
Tik-Tok describes his current owner's view of him as wanting to have personal power over Tik-Tok. He compares it to the story of Crusoe and Friday where his owner is Crusoe and he, Tik-Tok, Friday-the slave.
Robots like dogs simile
In his thoughts about robots' feeling of death, Tik-Tok compares robots to dogs. Death doesn't make them fearful or full of dread, but it does evoke some anxiety in them. Robots, like dogs, are more or less emotionless when it comes to death.
Law like a rose bush simile
Judge Juggernaut explains the law to robots he is about to completely destroy. He compares the law to a rose bush where there is a beautiful blossom but there are also sharp thorns and neutral roundish leaves.
Tik-Tok holding his old face like Yorick's skull simile
Alluding to one of the most famous scenes from Shakespeare's works, this comparison is in a way humorous and grotesque. Tik-Tok advertises his old face as a reminder of his "sacrifice" for the human life.
