Is this a type of figurative language? can you explain what it means if so? "billy felt almost as if he were fighting a thing rather than a man."

It was a bitter cold saturday morning ,the young track star dressed for his daily five mile run

Can someone me look back at "the chrysanthemums" and write down at least two specific moments where the ranch or garden setting you understand something about elisa, and then at least two specific moments where the road setting does the same. write a few sentences to describe what's happening in each moment and how the interplay of character and setting us understand this person.

Don't eat the mushroom its poisonous