Miguel Street

What are the literary devices used in Miguel Street?

The real question asks the extent to which the verdict that the people in miguel street are unproductive

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Simile:

“He Smart like hell” pg. 11

In Elias’s mouth litritcher was the most beautiful word I heard. It sounded like something to eat, something rich like chocolate. pg.41

“He was like the donkey he had tied in front of his yard, grey and old and silent except when it brayed loudly” pg. 26

“If you want to get a proper picture of Mrs. Bhakcu you must consider a pear as a scale-model. Mrs. Bhaku had so much flesh, in fact, when she held her arms at her sides they looked like marke of parenthesis.” pg. 153

Imagery:

“George was short and fat. He had a grey moustache and a big belly. He looked harmless enough but he was always muttering to himself and cursing….” pg. 26

Irony:

“Before they called him Bogart they called him Patience, because he played that game from morn till night. Yes he never liked cards.”

“He bought a sewing machine and some blue and white and brown chalks. But I never could imagine him competing with anyone; and I cannot remember him making a suit.”

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Miguel Street