What is an example of simile in the novel, Throwing Stones?

Examples of Simile:

"But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, thy voice sounds like a prophets word And in its hollow tones are heard rhe thanks of millions yet to be."

"But when Pete died he cracked, somehow, like a rock pulled from the quarry so late in the season that it fissured and split from an early freeze."