Review the passage. The hyperbole is shown in bold.
"Ain't you thinkin' what's it gonna be like when we get there? Ain't you scared it won't be
nice like we thought?"
"No," she said quickly. "No, I ain't. You can't do that. I can't do that. It's too much-
livin' too many lives. Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it
comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much. You got to live ahead
'cause you're so young, but-it's jus' the road goin' by for me."
From John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Copyright 1939 by John Steinbeck
What is the effect of the hyperbole on the passage's meaning or tone?
It suggests the importance of thinking about the
future.
It suggests that it is fruitless to think too much
about the future.
It suggests that the future will contain dangers.
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