Explanation:
The plane will have left at eight o'clock
Water is a need
Some places can’t get any
Most of them then die
A simile can be found when using "like" or "as" between two things. Example: I'm as happy as a clown.
Your question would be a metaphor. Both things are being compared to a science expieriment, probably meaning that they need to have an outcome, but it isn't known for sure if it will be a good or bad outcome.
Things like this can be taken many ways, so if you think something else, I'm sure it would work as well.
An analytical statement or survey of the main ideas to be discussed in a paper is called an thesis statement
Faber gives Montag an address to Fabers house at the end of the meeting