Nevertheless, as i made the raft, the tears ran out of my eyes. the forest people could have killed me without fight, if they had come upon me then, but they did not come.
when the raft was made, i said the sayings for the dead and painted myself for death. my heart was cold as a frog and my knees like water, but the burning in my mind would not let me have peace. as i pushed the raft from the shore, i began my death song—i had the right. it was a fine song.
which textual evidence best supports the analysis that the setting develops the author's acceptance of death?
“the forest people could have killed me without fight.”
“the tears ran out of my eyes”
“but they did not come”
“my heart was cold as a frog”

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

Select the correct answer. which of these lines from “the raven” by edgar allan poe to create the dark and gloomy tone of the poem? a. "'tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door— some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; b. once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— c. "and so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, that i scarce was sure i heard you"—here i opened wide the door— d. bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, with such name as "nevermore." hurry