Will mark brainiest and 81 points what literary device is represented by the following quote: what man in my shoes wouldn’t be happy,’ said wehling. he gestured with his hands to symbolize care-free simplicity. ‘all i have to do is pick out which one of the triplets is going to live, then deliver my maternal grandfather to the happy hooligan, and come back here with a receipt.’” a. symbolism b. simile c. irony d. theme

a, i'm pretty sure it's symbolism

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

the answer is clear boy