It's definitely D.
It's for sure not C. And I've never read the full story, but this passage doesn't indicate a depressing mood of foreshadowing danger. And the vocabulary in the writing doesn't impact the story itself.
People don't have feathers so D is not an option. Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words so that also is not an option. Simile uses like or as - not an option. Metaphor is a comparison of two different things, hope to a bird (thing with feathers). B is correct.
Direct charcterization i just learned that
Valley of Ashes symbolizes the poorest, most desolate parts of New York's towns. It represents dreary isolation from wealth and deceitful behaviors from the citizens.
My mother has a great admiration and belief in my father. (try this)
