Beacuase there is too much pick and he also didnt have time cause he neede to pay the debt he was in.
Hyperbole is basically to exaggerate something in order to prove a specific point. Its B , he exaggerated of how long he cried that he made a lake out of it.
The word synthesize means to combine.Cause it was time for the journalist to combine all the info he'd gathered through out the years.
I want to say C. If thats wrong then its B