the answer is ‘implied’, assuming that this is the definition to the word connotation.
The correct answers are options two and four.
In the excerpt from "Enrique's Journey," the author depicts the adversities the protagonist will come up against once in Chiapas. For example, he uses the migrants' expression "the beast" to refer to thieves, street gangs and the police.
Finally, even though Enrique knows the challenges he must confront, he is still determined to go through them in order to find his mother.
Personification. Nature doesn’t technically work or build, so it is given human like quality here. The literary meaning is that nature is - powerful force of both creation and destruction.
Since I cant type just one letter, I believe the answer you are searching for is "A"
I am pretty sure it is D but not 100% sure
