When Walter is released, he says, “I feel like a bird” (198). Which of the following literary devices is he using?

Hyperbole - using exaggeration to make a point.

Simile – a statement that compares two things using a a connecting word such as “like” or “as”

Understatement - intentionally describing something that lessens its intensity or importance.

Metaphor - a statement that compares two things without using a joining word.