Read the passage again his filled with tears and he cried as intensely as before but this time not with pain but joy he felt a great refreshing sensation spread inside him extinguishing the hot something that had nearly strangled him which best explains how this passage demonstrate the use of metaphor in the story a. it shows the tears as forgiveness for his sins. b. the tears are like a shower that cleanses his mind. c. his tears are compared to an extinguisher. d. his tears are an outward sign of his struggle to find work !