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 !

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

i think it could possibly be b