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. I felt unappreciated and condemned for actions I had thought were heroic.
B. We had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.
C. Our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold
us back.
D. I hadn’t expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this.

the answer to the blank is recite

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.