Read the excerpt from "How I Learned English.”And that was important, as importantAs Joe Barone asking me how I wasThrough his tears, picking me upAnd dusting me off with hands like swatters, What does the imagery in the excerpt best help readers picture?the awful stinging sensation of being dusted offthe quick slapping motion of Joe’s handshow roughly the speaker is pulled off the groundhow loud and hard Joe is laughing

15 points & brainliest ! when the speaker compares dream memories to fall leaves that are hard to catch, what feelings does this simile suggest? what was i dreaming? it's coming back to me! but scraps of dream memories drift just out of reach like fall leaves dancing in the wind that i chase madly but cannot catch. a. the speaker is confident b. the speaker is disappointed. c. the speaker is ashamed. d. the speaker is excited. i am stuck between b & d. explain your answer