I would say personification because your stomach can’t really cry.
Answer:
The quotation<u> "The first step was supposed to have been attending my parents’ alma mater, graduating with honors " </u>develops the central idea that unexpected events are important part of growing up
Explanation:
<u>The narrator when he was a child never through that when he will grow up as a adult , he will graduate with honors from the same college ,which was earlier attended by his Parents</u> -This quotation clearly reflects unexpected events in the narrators life.
