What metaphors are used in The Grass Harp by Truman Capote?

In Chapter Five, the minister who claims that Sister Ida and Little Homer Honey are
frauds shows none of the tolerance and acceptance expected by men who choose the ministry as their life's work. As a metaphor for the spectacle of organized religion, Little Homer Honey and his brothers and sisters are positioned as scam artists working to bilk ordinary people of their hard-earned cash. Dolly takes on an almost Christ like persona as she wholeheartedly forgives Sister Ida for any transgressions and then gives up all the cash she has so that Sister Ida may feed her children.