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The reader could feel sympathy for Charlie since he claims to be a recovering alcoholic who has lost his wife, daughter, and money during the stock market crash. One can only wonder whether Charlie is really any different than before. When Honoria states that her child's name is Simone she is giving her doll life, when in reality it is just a toy. The second quote demonstrates his excitement and happiness when his daughter Honoria, tells him that she desires to live with him. "

When Charlie says that his daughter will "crystallized utterly," he does not mean that she will be turn into a crystal. She was already an individual with a code of her own, and Charlie was more and more absorbed by the desire of putting a little of himself into her before she crystallized utterly. When Charlie states that he lost money during the crash, but everything during the boom, he realizes that what he lost was his family and that they are important to him. What Marion sees with her eyes is a man who still has a drink every day, former hang-out buddies still in Charlie's life, and a man who is not changed. When he runs into Lorraine and Duncan he states where he will be taking his daughter later that day, knowing that there is a chance that they might show up there.

The writer uses a simile when Charlie is discussing family problems with his sister-in-law, Marion. He sabotages himself when he leaves an address with the bartender for his old friend Duncan.

The author uses a metaphor in following passage:

"At the Empire, Honoria proudly refused to sit upon her father's folded coat. They don't go according to any rules.