let's see here you want me to analyze well hmmmm take the first sentence leaving aside drunkenness theft was rampant that right there let's ME know that crime was inevitable and children pickpocketing see children these days don't usually pickpocket so basicly we should be happy time has changed beause if were alive back then especially if we were sensitive then we would have been killed or severly injured
That -is an example of a demonstrative adjective? You’re welcome
The answer is simile because they use the word like
I would say we will make a lasting name for ourselves