Identify at least 4 similes in chapter 5

"He was like a common gardener walking with a rose."

"The tulip-beds across the road flamed like throbbing rings of fire."

"The brightly coloured parasols danced and dipped like monstrous butterflies."

"They cut the air like a dagger."

"...I will find out who he is, track him down, and kill him like a dog."

Vocabulary words you may need to know for Chapter 6

Infatuation - (V) To be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.

Virtues - (N) Behavior showing high moral standards.

Incorrigible - (Adj) (of a person or their tendencies) Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

Pompous - (Adj) Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Spiritualize - (T.V.) Elevate to a spiritual level.

Interminable - (Adj) Endless (often used hyperbolically).

Fiasco - (N) A thing that is a complete failure, esp. in a ludicrous or humiliating way.

Profanation - (T.V.) Treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect.

Anodyne - (Adj) Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so.

Illusion - (N) A false idea or belief.