The Catcher in the RyeMetaphors and Similes · Life is a game, boy. · Boy, his bed was like a rock. · He started handling my exam paper like it was a turd or ...

"Everything smelt like Vicks Nose Drops". This simile is different to the previous two, as it is giving a factual comparison rather than a literary one.

Device: Simile Quote: “He snapped his finger very hard on my pajamas. I won't tell you where he snapped it, but it hurt like hell” (p. 115).

Que Chevere 2 Grammar and Vocabulary ... "Mr. Antolini lit another cigarette. He smoked like a fiend." Simile. "The cab I had was a real old one that smelled like ...

Some similes in the novel center around Holden's self-assessment of his own maturity or lack of reason. For example, he compares himself to a madman or a 13- ...

His similes are mostly there to help create the characters of the story. A good example of this is when Holden says: "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as ...

Salinger uses a simile (using the words “like” or “as” to make a comparison between two unlike things) here. There is also a bit of irony (using words to ...

See key examples and analysis of the literary devices J. D. Salinger uses in The Catcher in the Rye, along with the quotes, themes, symbols, and characters ...

"He bored me to death, living with him was like living in a museum. It was drafty, full of vast open spaces and slippery Floors.".

29 янв. 2014 г. · What page is the simile on in The Catcher in the Rye? A similie is when Holden said "That boy was as sensitive as a toilet seat." ...