" A great thunderstorm of sound gushed from the walls. Music bombarded him at such an immense volume that his bones were almost shaken from their tendons; he felt his jaw vibrate, his eyes wobble in his head. He was a victim of concussion."
In this quote, Ray Bradbury uses two different semantic devices. This first thing you probably see is the metaphor comparing the sound to a great thunderstorm. I believe that he chose to compare the noise to something unpleasant, not necessarily because the noise was incredibly loud, but that Guy simply didn't want to hear it. Mildred just sits in her chair and does nothing. Obviously there was no loud noise, it was just in his head, but guy got so overwhelmed at that moment that every worry, every fear swallowed him, and after, he mentions that the actors' conversation feels drained. Just like him.
Next, the author chooses to use a series of hyperboles to describe Guy's reaction to this noise. With these few sentences, I wonder if really there was a noise, because how can your eyes wobble in your head and your jaw vibrate at nothing? All they are doing is arguing with one another. Not to mention the fact that the arguments don't even have a point! You're mad. No you're mad. Why would you be mad? I'm not mad, you're mad! But I'm not mad! Then why are you yelling? I'm not yelling you're yelling! What kind of argument is that? It has no point, no reason to argue. Yet they do. The only reason that they are arguing is because they have nothing to argue about. These hyperboles describe the anger that just aches to be released by Guy.
That dude has some serious problems.
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