Question

"lights flicked on and house doors opened all down the street, to watch the carnival set up. montag and beatty stared, one with dry satisfaction, the other with disbelief, at the house before them, this main ring in which torches would be juggled and fire eaten" (107). metaphor simile personification

Answer 1

For the answer to the question above, I believe this is an example of the metaphor.
because the metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable which is perfect for the sample you gave.

"metaphor"