Amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm. i rushed to its deadly brink. i threw my straining vision below. the glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost recesses. yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to comprehend the meaning of what i saw. at length it forced—it wrestled its way into my soul—it burned itself in upon my shuddering reason. o for a voice to speak! —oh, horror! —oh, any horror but this! with a shriek i rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands—weeping bitterly. which word best describes the narrator in the passage above?
humorous
determined
frightened insensitive

Frightened.

Explanation:

In order to establish the tone and the attitude that a character displays, we need to look both at the event he describes as well as at the words the character uses to describe this event. In this passage, the author is clearly frightened. He describes a fire (fiery destruction) and the protection that he felt a well provided. However, he also describes how he saw the reflection of the fire in the well, and how this filled him with horror. Moreover, we can look at how the speaker describes this event. He uses words such as "deadly," "wild," "shuddering," "horror" and "bitterly." All of these words convey a frightened tone.

impartial means: treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just.

i would say that impartial is agreeing with something, because impartial means to treat your rivals, arguments, and reasoning equally and fair. so if you rival says something, agreeing on it means you did the impartial.

he uses the metaphor autumn.