Sorry if i'm wrong! But I think the answer is 2.
I would think the answer would be b.
Writers or speakers usually use allegories<span> as literary devices or as rhetorical devices that convey semi-hidden or complex meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey.</span>
<span>Traveling in the former represents a journey toward death, while the setting of the latter shows that the speaker is well grounded.</span>
