Crazy Rich Asians Literary Devices

Imagery

"From the ceiling, a spiral chandelier of sculptured gold and glass drops pirouetted down until it almost touched the oval driftwood coffee table," (Kwan, 317).

Anecdote

"My great-grandfather shot this one when it ran into the house and hid under the billiard table, or so the story goes," (Kwan, 172).

Simile

"He stared out at the trees lining Cavenagh Road, looking like giant bushy stalks of broccoli from up here," (Kwan, 285).

Symbolism

"It must have been a bird or something, Nick thought, waking up to a sound. There was a blue jay that liked to tap its beak against the sliding glass wall downstairs by the reflecting pool every morning," (Kwan, 482).

Metaphor

"Rachel gazed at the moon. Suddenly the rabbit-like figure on the moon reminded her of Nick, a little boy stuck up there in that glittering palace all by himself," (Kwan, 278).