How Does Simon Wheeler Use Exaggeration To Establish The Kind Of Man Jim Smiley Is?

How Does Simon Wheeler Use Exaggeration To Establish The Kind Of Man Jim Smiley Is? Simon Wheeler embarks on a winding discourse on Jim Smiley’s gambling habits. He basically says that Smiley would gamble on anything, even: “…if there was two birds setting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.”