"The Crisis, Number One" is actually a literary work done by Thomas Paine. And based on the excerpt above taken from this, the one that gives the best description of the author's use of figurative language is the second option. Thomas Paine is using metaphor here in order to illustrate the reason why America must acquire independence from Britain.
Oh boy I’m gonna try or help as best as I can. After reading the poem I think that the imagery of freedom would be death. In the poem he consistently talks about how he could have died but didn’t. So I think that death would be freedom because it would end all of his struggling/ pain/ troubles. He constantly talks about how freedom (death) is so close in his grasp but he never quite makes it, he never dies. So I think he has a lack of freedom because although he could do what ever he wanted (for example jump in the river or take an elevator to the top floor) he never had the freedom he WANTED he never had the freedom to end life when he wanted to. And once he realized that he never had that freedom he decided that “life was fine”. I’m not sure if that makes sense but I hope it helps. If this confuses you then you should probably just wait till someone else answers
Answer:
Phaethon, (Greek: “Shining” or “Radiant”) in Greek mythology, the son of Helios, the sun god, and a woman or nymph variously identified as Clymene, Prote, or Rhode.
Explanation:
He begins this speech by summarizing recent battle losses.
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