How does the setting of the story affect Alejandro in "One Thousand Miles"? The natural beauty of California makes Alejandro question where he and his mother live.

The unfamiliar pace of life at his grandmother's home in Mexico makes Alejandro miss his own home in Los Angeles.

The quiet and sedate nature of life in Los Angeles inspires Alejandro to interact with his cousins.

The noise and bustle of Abuela Lola's house is initially exciting for Alejandro, but he gets tired of it quickly.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. 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, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. 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 theme