What tone does thoreau use in “civil disobedience”? serious and impassioned light and conversational dark and foreboding educational and impartial

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

What is the theme of "the story of the fisherman”?

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?