Question
Which pieces of evidence show that Harborough considers the shark as belonging in the ocean? Select the two correct answers.
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“For one instant I stared, and in that instant, I observed, with a vivid clearness, all manner of minute details—the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark.”
“For one instant I stared, and in that instant, I observed, with a vivid clearness, all manner of minute details—the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark.”
“The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
“The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
“Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw, shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape—the shape of a great fish: a shark.”
“Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw, shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape—the shape of a great fish: a shark.”
“I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
“I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
“Every movement of the shark was now plain to me; and it was moving, there was no doubt of it: a trail of bubbles streamed from its flank and a tiny streak of froth fluttered behind the fin.”
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“For one instant I stared, and in that instant, I observed, with a vivid clearness, all manner of minute details—the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark.”
“For one instant I stared, and in that instant, I observed, with a vivid clearness, all manner of minute details—the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark.”
“The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
“The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
“Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw, shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape—the shape of a great fish: a shark.”
“Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw, shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape—the shape of a great fish: a shark.”
“I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
“I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
“Every movement of the shark was now plain to me; and it was moving, there was no doubt of it: a trail of bubbles streamed from its flank and a tiny streak of froth fluttered behind the fin.”
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The two correct answers that show Harborough considers the shark as belonging in the ocean are:
1. “The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
2. “I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
These statements reflect the idea that the shark is a natural and powerful inhabitant of the ocean, while the narrator feels like an intruder in its domain.
1. “The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo.”
2. “I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade ... and its guardian was come to punish me.”
These statements reflect the idea that the shark is a natural and powerful inhabitant of the ocean, while the narrator feels like an intruder in its domain.
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