Chapter 19 "Chanclas": How is what Esperanza wears in "chanclas" a metaphor for her age?

It represents her being and adult, and also childish.

Explanation:

The question is an excerpt from a book titled house on the mango. And it is from Chapter 19, which is titled Chanclas

What Esperanza wears is a metaphor for her age because while the dress portrays her as being an adult, in way of her dressing. The chanclas portrays her as being childish instead.

This, is what makes it a metaphor

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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- "these rights are natural and god-given to all men equally." (i disagree cuz i kind of think it's 'a' but who knows.)