The symbolism of the author plucking the rose and offering it to the reader is a device to a. have the reader feel connected to the narrator and the story. Sometimes it's called breaking the wall. Thank you for posting your question. I hope that this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
The thing which occupies most of Gregor's time as he spends months locked in his room is shown in the option : D. He thinks about his previous life and how unhappy and unfulfilled he was. The fate is cruel, from the routine which gradually made him sick, his life turned him into a helpless creature. Even though that his body is not like that of human being, his soul and memories are remain inside his shell, that means he always traces all back to then, asking himself : Why? Why didn't I engoy my life, why I chose this path? Is it a punishment for my mistakes?''. He compared his present and previous feelings and understood that the difference between them is almost none.
Answer: c. The decision loomed ahead of him like a gathering storm.
Explanation:
Figurative language refers to when a real life situation is compared to a hypothetical situation in order to show the gravity of the real life situation. Figurative language examples included metaphors and similes.
Option C contains a simile due to its use of the word "like" to compare the decision being faced to a gathering storm. This shows that the decision ahead of Antonio was a difficult one because storms gathering ahead of a person would mean that the person is about to be in a difficult position.
