22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

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22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

23 not heavy enough to keep him footed solid in it, to resist it and try to change the course of
24 its events.

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The last paragraph is an example of hyperbole because

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22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

it exaggerates the weight of the burden on the character and his struggle to resist and change the course of events.