Stumbling around like a madman
The girl uses a simile to compare the narrator's stumbling to that of a madman. The girl says: “I thought that was you—I saw you stumbling around like a madman all the way down the street!”
The docking of the airships
A simile is used to enhance the imagery of how the airships glided, docking over the tops of the pyramids like pieces of a puzzle. This facilitates a deeper understanding and development of imagery with regards to the same scene: "Airships glide back and forth in the night sky, covered in lights, several of them docking right over the pyramids’ tops like puzzle pieces."
Push him around like a chess piece
A simile is used to express the Congresses desire to manipulate their new elect. The narrator says they planned to use him and push him around like a chess piece: "No doubt Congress is eager to manipulate such a young new Elector, to try to run the show behind the scenes and push him around like a chess piece."
Looming like giant black tombs
The narrator uses a simile to express how the buildings looked comparing them directly to giant black tombs in the middle of the desert: "They look different during the day, with their bright beacon lights off and edges unlit, looming like giant black tombs in the middle of the desert."
Thomas' dog
When the narrator sees Thomas, he says that the dog he has with him was white and stood out like a beacon from its height. This simile enhances imagery: "With him is a dog so white, it stands out like a beacon from this height."
