Lewis writes that Arnold found “something so extraordinary that it would forever alter the course of his life-and American history." How did Arnold's experience alter the course of American history? (cause and effect)

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

d. it compares the speaker reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker