Question

Read the excerpt from part 2 of Zeitoun.

Only birds would survive this sort of apocalypse. Birds, some snakes, any beast that could find higher ground ahead of the rising tide. He looked for fish. If he was floating atop water shared with the lake, surely fish had been swept into the city. And, on cue, he saw a murky form darting between submerged tree branches.

What is happening in the excerpt?

Answer 1

Answer:

Zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters

Explanation:

The excerpt above is from "an account of Hurricane Katrina" by Dave Eggers. In the excerpt, Dave Eggers described the experience of the hurricane compared to that of the apocalypse, therefore, comparing the event to the total and great destruction that was recorded in the Bible in the book of Revelation will prevail over the earth at the end of the world as recorded in the account of John, in Revelation. The hurricane was so terrible and deadly that animals that are unable to fly were washed away by the flood, including even the fishes inside the water were not speared and also affected with the hurricane.

Answer 2

Answer:

c

Explanation: