There are numerous possible answers since England was an empire for quite a while. The anti-imperialist criticism varies from books such as Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe, up to books such as The Jungle Book and 1984.
New York is the answer i think.
It's like using a simile or a metaphor you are building its character by describing it , Example: That dog had really big teeth and it was almost 4 feet tall.
And here's a version were I would use Figurative Language:
That Beast had huge teeth that could rip apart my car , it was tall as a giant.
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