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Answer:
C. The people felt relief at the end of their journey.
Explanation:
In this context, the sentence in quotation marks means that the people who had just endured a long and dangerous trip across the ocean felt relieved that their travels were over and that they were able to stand on solid ground once again. The sentence is, indeed, a simile, in which something, stepping foot on solid ground, is likened to something else, in this case, breathing fresh air.
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Sorry this is a little late, but hopefully it can help others who visit this question.
I believe the best answer for your question would be option 4, "It causes the lines to stand out so the reader reflects on their importance."
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When events are presented in chronological order they are told by what happened first to what happened last.
Fitzgerald creates a dark atmosphere with conflict that leads to the climax.