Which statement best describes how these themes interact in the tale

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

The pilgrims are at in the beginning of the prologue.

Which of the following events of the story actual occurs first in the sequence of events