What does tom realize at the end of this scene? what details about the events marsh lead him to this realization?

this is from "the deep" by anthony doerr, i only need this question . you!

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

What does the author use to example of his son's tribal education in his letter to the teacher

Experiments were conducted to try to teach chimpanzees sign language