Yes, there are several similes--comparisons using "like" or "as"--in the first three chapters of the book. When Lyddie's mother quotes the Bible, she quotes a passage that contains a simile that compares the devil to a "roaring lion." Lyddie and Charles are so happy to have the plentiful milk and cream after the calf is born that they feel "rich as townsfolk." In chapter 2 when Lyddie and Charlie come to the farm of their neighbors, the Stevenses, Lyddie feels envious. Her envy is compared to a "noxious vine." Although Lyddie "snapped it off," her envy has deep roots and cannot be eradicated easily. The Stevenses invite Charlie and Lyddie to eat with them, and since they have had very little to eat over the winter, the meal looks to them "like a king's feast." Finally, when Lyddie gets to Cutler's Tavern, Mistress Cutler at first looks at her "as though she were a stray dog who had wandered close to her house." These comparisons add interest to the writing and help readers better understand the feelings that the characters experience.
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