Can you please mention the name of the story
Alright I don't know how much you need or how you want this formatted
they are similar in the way that both water/the people will rush to the nearest hole/exit crashing into other objects or things in its path (im sorry if this is not what you are looking for just report it to get it deleted if so
Dialects, since it has to do with accents
It is a metaphor. A simile has like or as in it.