Alone, lying with her face in the sand dunes of what was once the James River, Clark's body heaves in dehydration and despair. Why was she saved? Why is she Noah's sacrificial lamb? The raging sun beating down on her cracked, burning flesh feeds the flame of her heart. Clark suddenly forces herself to her knees, throwing sand to an invisible enemy: "Why?! I give up! I'm done! I have given you everything: my parents, my friends, my home!" She screeches in sullen surrender. Silence soon echos back to her like a child mocking a parent's demands, until the is a sudden squawk. Clark spins in the sand, searching for the first since of other life she was seen in weeks. Then, in the distance, shadowed by the same powerful star that has scorched her body in blisters, a bird, a blessing in disguise, soars in grace. Which best describes the word choice in this passage?

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