Is There Anymore To This ?
I think its an Idiom. I don't see like or as. So no simile. I don't see he is something like a marshmallow. - No metaphor. I also don't see a non-human thing doing human things- the grass was dancing in the wind. My answer would be an idiom.
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to provide a contrast to his group’s nonviolent efforts is the answer
He tries to save himself-- he boards a boat with all of the town's gold to try and escape.
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