Elie Wiesel
A simile is comparing things using like or as.
Elie Wiesel was a teen when WW2 was occurring. Elie Wiesel compares how the pain of the camps changed his life and how it affects the people around him. He compares how they and animals are alike and treated the same. Elie's pain in the camp caused him to make similes in the story. "Ten thousand caps went back onto their skulls,as quick as lightning." This comparison shows that the prisoners did what they were told when they were told. Elie was afraid of all the things going on in the camps, all he wants to do is survive. With the similes he uses he explains how his life was before and after the camps. The device adds more drama to the text.
Elie Wiesel was a teen when WW2 was occurring. Elie Wiesel compares how the pain of the camps changed his life and how it affects the people around him. He compares how they and animals are alike and treated the same. Elie's pain in the camp caused him to make similes in the story. "Ten thousand caps went back onto their skulls,as quick as lightning." This comparison shows that the prisoners did what they were told when they were told. Elie was afraid of all the things going on in the camps, all he wants to do is survive. With the similes he uses he explains how his life was before and after the camps. The device adds more drama to the text.
George Orwell
George Orwell used similes by comparing the animals to other things. George makes comparisons about how life would be when the rebellion takes place. The animals do not know when the rebellion will happen but they want to prevent later generations from having to go through the cruelty of being in the farm under the humans commands. George used similes to explain that. "They worked as hard as a slave." The animals were compared to slaves and how they worked hard. The device adds some excitement and drama to the story.