Read this sentence from the passage.

Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night.

What is the effect of the author's choice of devoured rather than eaten in this sentence?


It better suggests how insects look when they are eating.

It better implies how the city reacts when commuters come.

It more clearly describes how commuters absorb the city when they come to work.

It more closely represents the inundation of commuters coming to the city.