"The curtain of night came upon us while we were riding our bikes home." Which figurative term is being used here?

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

What is most likely nelson mandela's purpose of using third person point of view after introducing himself in his introductory paragraphs

What is sue’s reaction to her phone call