If you're asking what figure of speech, it would be a Simile when using 'like' or 'as' for keywords in the sentence.
Explanation:
i may be wrong but i think it is D
First answer is D he is recalling a pleasant event, and the second one well i'm pretty much guessing here because I haven't read the material so and have no idea whats going on in the story but using the knowledge I have of the first question my best guess is D.
In Grendel, John Gardner uses
first-person point of view to help readers see Grendel’s side of a familiar story.