She likens Joffrey to a lion and says he is nothing like Robert Baratheon. "The New York Times" likens Gillian Flynn to acclaimed suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith. McCormick also likens Wheatley to Prometheus' foolish brother Epimetheus. Musicologist Walter Everett likens the song to a "particularly expressive text painting". Ovid likens love to military service, supposedly requiring the strictest obedience to the woman. Katyayana likens speech to the supreme Brahman. Eno likens his role in creating this piece to one of a gardener planting seeds. Ludlum likens Cuba's local participation to the latter model. In the hospital Jackie Aprile, Sr. likens Mikey Palmice to the Grim Reaper. Disgusted, George likens double parkers to dictators. Jenkins likens him to the nursery rhyme character Dr Fell. Burger likens doing so to Canute commanding the tides. She likens Flagg to Merlin, whispering in the ear of Arthur. Thorndike likens it to her, saying both are "straight and shiny". He likens them to children and livestock that need constant tending and direction.