Which conclusion can you draw about the speaker's viewpoint based on this excerpt?
All those books - another world - just
waiting
At my fingertips
-"My First Memory (of Librarians),"
Nikki Giovanni
O Reading books makes the speaker feel tired.
O Books make the speaker feel like she is somewhere
else.
O Books make the speaker feel smart.
Reading books is difficult for the speaker.

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.