What element of an allegory is found in this excerpt?
The characters are pleased.
O The characters are unhappy.
O The characters live in the past.
O The characters represent ideas.
Read the excerpt from "The Snow Queen."
Kay and Gerda were looking at one of their picture books-
the clock in the great church-tower had just struck five,
when Kay exclaimed, "Oh! something has stung my heart,
and I've got something in my eye!"
The little girl threw her arms round his neck; he winked
hard with both his eyes, no, she could see nothing in them.
"I think it is gone now," said he; but it had not gone. It was
one of the tiny splinters of the glass of the magic mirror
which we have heard about that turned everything great
and good reflected in it small and ugly. And poor Kay had
also a splinter in his heart, and it began to change into a
lump of ice. It did not hurt him at all, but the splinter was
there all the same.

Kwan gazed out at her brother and heard his shrieks of delight as he tried to direct their marvelous flying creation. she watched it wheel, spin, and dive—a wild, colorful bird putting on an aerial display. its gold and red crepe-paper wings fluttered in the air, mimicking the flight of a predatory bird surveying the landscape for prey. it swooped and dived, perhaps discovering a possible meal, and then went airborne again to avoid the rocky terrain below. min was the falconer, guiding his bird on its path through the sky, not yet ready to call it back to the ground. but kwan grew concerned when she looked out at the dark, threatening clouds beginning to roll in off the water. when she saw the streaks of lightning within the cloud formation, she pointed to the distant storm and called out to her little brother to bring in the kite. min nodded and rolled in the kite string, bringing his bird home. “let’s go,” kwan told her brother and put her arm around him to fold him safely under her wing as they both held onto the kite. “it’s time to go home.” how does the extended metaphor in paragraph 3 affect the mood of this passage? a-it creates a feeling of silliness that captures the absurd humor of the situation. b- it creates a sense of tranquility to match the feelings of min at this point. c-it creates a feeling of fear over what may happen if the kite crashes. d-it creates a sense of awe and wonder at min's mastery of the kite.