This book contains many examples of figurative language:
  1. "The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted." (pg 93) Metaphor
  2. "Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again." (pg 9) Simile
  3. "The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze." (pg 16) Personification
  4. "Suddenly Lennie appeared out of the brush, and he came as silently as a creeping bear moves." (pg 100) Simile
  5. "...and her body flopped like a fish." (pg 91) Simile
  6. "Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror." (pg 63) Metaphor
  7. At about ten o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows, and in and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars." (pg 17-18) Personification, Simile
  8. "They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog." (pg 72) Simile
  9. "As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment." (pg 93) Personification
  10. "Already the sun had left the valley to of climbing up the slopes of the Gabilian mountains and the hilltops were rosy in the sun." (pg 99) Personification
  11. "The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again." (pg 106) Personification
  12. "An' live of the fatta the lan'." (pg 14) Metaphor
  13. "A water snake slipped along the pool, its head held up like a little periscope." (pg 7) Simile
  14. "He was a jerkline skinner, prince of the ranch." (pg 33) Metaphor
  15. "... she's a rat trap if I ever seen one." (pg 32) Metaphor
  16. "The next minute, Curley was flopping like a fish on a line..." (pg 63) Simile
  17. "You're yella as a frog belly." (pg 62) Simile
  18. "The shade climbed up the hills toward the top." (pg 2) Personification
  19. "Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages." (pg 31) Simile