Two men, mark and peter, fight a lengthy court battle, each suing the other in the end, mark wins the lawsuit, but only after having spent the last of his money on court fees and lawyers. soon after the court battle, both mark and peter die. peter dies of grief at having lost the rivalry, while mark dies of starvation for having spent all his money what is the most likely moral of this parable?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.