The simile "like someone swimming the breaststroke" suggests that the eagle possesses a human-like sense of determination. It highlights the effort and vigor the eagle puts into its movements as it navigates the water, much like a person who is determined to swim effectively. This comparison emphasizes the eagle's strength and perseverance in a challenging situation, reflecting a quality of determination that resonates with human experience.
Use the passage from “Sinking Islands” to answer the question. What does the simile "like someone swimming the breaststroke" suggest about the eagle? (1 point) Responses
She reflects Bronwyn's own love of the water.
He relies primarily on fish as a source of food
She embodies Bronwyn's desire for freedom
She possesses a human like sense of determination
Sinking Islands
by Cai Emmons
The sun is a brash tambourine in the Eastern sky. A rare winter morning
when the view south across the bay is not sullied by sleeves of fog. Sea
and snow-capped Olympics are both clear, and visible in the same line of
vision, one of the reasons she loves this place. She stands on the chilly
winter sand in bare feet, binoculars in hand, listening to the polished
pebbles at the end of the beach chortling with each outgoing wave. Three
seals pop up in quick succession maybe twenty yards out, staring at her
as if to say good morning, then they submerge again, reappearing a
minute later much closer. An eagle rides a thermal, rising to a pinpoint
against the blue as if to display his strength and grandeur, then
descending abruptly to the ocean's surface to grasp something in its
talons. Instead of rising in flight again the eagle begins to swim, hunching
its broad wings at regular intervals like someone swimming the
breaststroke. She feels her own scapula rising and falling in sympathy.
What work it must be, especially in water this cold.
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