Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember. No. 6 was halfway down when a woman called up to the Boat Deck, "We've only one seaman in the boat!"
"Any seamen there?" Lightoller asked the people on deck.
"If you like, I will go," called a voice from the crowd.
"Are you a seaman?"
"I am a yachtsman."
"If you're sailor enough to get out on that fall, you can go down." Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen-vice-commodore of
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club-swung himself out on the forward fall and slid down into the boat. He was the only
male passenger Lightoller allowed in a boat that night.
What does the reader learn about Peuchen from his actions in the excerpt?
O He is an experienced seaman.
He is thinking only of himself.
His family is already in a lifeboat.
His main desire is to help the others in the boat.

Which lines in this excerpt from act iv of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

How does gregor change from the beginning to the end of the story?

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.