She is creating a metaphor to convey the idea that love is hard won.
<span>I am not familiar with this work, but my guess would be that this is an example of a flashback. If it is not a flashback scene, it may perhaps be a dream sequence. If it is not a dream sequence or a flashback, it is probably a symbolic scene.</span>
The error is the word "weren't" it should be wasn't
By adding a period at the end of your sentence.
A statistic. Even though the author also said "60 percent less likely than families that DID NOT," she still said a percentage which makes this fact a statistic. You could also make the argument that it was a contrast, but I would go with statistic because that is the best answer.