Heather O’Neill takes a deeper dive into Riff Raff to paint a picture of self-doubt and naivety through the usage of a variety of similes within the main character’s expression. The main character keeps a ‘victim’ mindset on many aspects of her story, resulting in a lack of an independent outcome for many situations due to her naivety. She sees her situation through a romanticized lens, referring to her journey as “[…] the great American Experience.” (O’Neill, 4); as well as describing herself feeling “like Jack Kerouac and Calamity Jane, although I was probably closer to Kermit the Frog.”…