Which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean?
i let myself lie back in deep waters,
my arms out like jesus’ on his cross,
and instead of sinking down like i’d always done,
magically, that night, i could stay up,
extended metaphor
symbolism
simile
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question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

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