Simile

"It was like some one playing with only the family to listen; it didn't care how it played if there weren't any strangers present."

This excerpt from "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield is an example of a simile. It is talking about the band that comes to play in the park every Sunday. A comparison is made between the band playing in and out of season. It is way more popular during the season; a lot more people come out to watch and the band plays better. Miss Brill is happy to go outside and show off her fur coat. She knows she is out of place in society and tries to show off. Her career realates to her being out of place. She teaches English in a french school. However, though she is wearing her coat, people still look at her and point out that she is out of place.