- Simile No. 1: "[Grandpa] acted like I didn't mean nothing more to him than a stick of stovewood" (2).
- A stick of stovewood is not something one usually gets attached to, so Will is saying that he meant nothing to Grandpa. Not only does he not care for Will, but he treats him as something to not trip over.
- Simile No. 2: "Miss Effie Belle had . . . a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee" (113).
- This is fairly straightforward. A bee's feeler sticks out rather prominently; Will is implying that Miss Belle's wart sticks out just as prominently.
- Personification No. 1: "Old Jack'd pure die from embarrass-ment" (151).
- This implies that Jack, the mule, a non-human creature, actually cares what he looks like with the saddle on.
- Metaphor No. 1: "Uncle Camp is sort of a mouse . . ." (182).
- A mouse is very timid and shy. Will is saying that Uncle camp is so timid that he must be a mouse as well.
- Metaphor No. 2: "Miss Love's bein' tarred and feathered for what ain't nobody's business but his and hers" (186).
- Tarring and feathering is a serious, painful, and humiliating punishment for doing something really bad. Will's dad is saying that Miss Love is being harassed and humiliated so much that they might as well be tarring and feathering her as if she had committed some horrible crime.
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