What metaphors are used in The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West?

Example of Metaphor:

No matter how rough the sea got, she would go dancing over the same waves that sank iron ships and tore away piers of reinforced concrete. He pictured her riding a tremendous sea. Wave after wave reared its ton on ton of solid water and crashed down only to have her spin gaily away.... a pretty cork, gilt with a glittering fragment of mirror set in its top.