Read this excerpt from the story "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer: Later, much later, after what seemed like an eternity of dr
agging the weight of unrequited love around with me, I learned to make myself visible and to relish the little battles required to win the greatest prize of all. Which statement best explains Cofer's choice to use the phrase "relish the little battles" in her narrative? She is creating a metaphor to convey the idea that love is hard won. She is developing a sense of the conflict she felt for the reader. She is illustrating how harsh love can be. She is pointing out that the problems created by love are small.
The statement that best explains Cofer's choice to use the phrase "relish the little battles" in her narrative is "She is creating a metaphor to convey the idea that love is hard-won."
Explanation:
In the line "relish the little battles" from the story "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, she emphasizes the fact that real love does not come overnight and that most people will have to pass through a lot of harsh situations to get that thing they have been looking for in some way fighting for overcoming every difficulty in life.
Krakauer won't get to those details until near the end of the book. Secondly, by starting at the end of the story, Krakauer is indicating that this book will be centrally concerned with exploring Chris's death. The facts of his life will be important insofar as they provide an explanation for how it ended.
