Literary Devices The author uses two literary devices in the following passage: “So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me . . . They walked around slowly, silently, smiling.”

1. 1996: rash of chapel burglaries incorporate one to fund excursions to cape cod. - in 1996, a lutheran treasurer in cheshire, connecticut was charged with stealing that mainly included hotel excursions and vacations on cape cod and in vermont.

2. the story in the new york  times started: - lutheran treasurer in connecticut blamed for taking from the church. a previous treasurer of the lutheran churches overseeing body in new england was captured yesterday on charges that he stole $800,000 from the congregation, that included hotel outings and summer homes on cape cod and in vermont.