What is meant by this quote in the article " Why we need Walt Whitman in 2020", " In democracy there is the reconciliation of opposites, the elevation of the vernacular, the transcendence of the individual through humanity" ?

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

Based on his npr interview,"astrophysicist chroniclesbattle over pluto," why does dr. tyson believe that pluto is america's favorite planet?

The u.s. declaration of independence uses the words death desolation and tyranny cruelty and barbarous to describe the actions of king george lll toward the colonists.this is an example of which rhetorical technique