4.+Literary+Devices

Literary Devices Symbolism: The women with the Aprica stroller, and the man with the briefcase represent the wealthy. Personification: //"last gasp of autumn warmth//" and "//rags with voices//"

Ascher uses these literary devices to clearly show the conflicting lifestyles of the wealthy and the homeless. There is also some irony when Ascher describes the people at the cocktail parties complaining about life in New York, while the homeless never complain, much less speak in her essay, even though they have the harder life.