Question

read the excerpt from enriques journey. enrique puts chiapas behind him. he still has far to go, but he has faced the beast eight times now, and he has lived through it. it is an achievement, and he is proud of it. the excerpt refers to chiapas as the beast. what is the purpose of using this metaphor in the excerpt? to show how threatening travel through chiapas is to show that few people are able to live in chiapas to show how many dishonest people live in chiapas to show that chiapas has the most immigration checkpoints

Explanation:

A metaphor compares two unlike things. By calling Chiapas "the beast", it emphasizes the danger and difficulty of traveling through it. The other options are not supported by the text.

Answer:

A. to show how threatening travel through Chiapas is