Ecological metaphors are used to help develop authors ideas to communicate them to public
An example of irony used in The Outsiders Book: "You ought to know better than to run away in just a sweatshirt, and a wet one at that. Don't you ever use your head?" he sounded so much like Darry that I stared at him.
Answer:Historical figure
Explanation: he was indeed a historical figure but the dynamic to his story is that he was then turned into a legendary hero as time passed because people had passed his deeds and greatness from generations to generations but after a long time he began too seem like a myth