Question

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? zeitoun is considering the religious nature of the flood. zeitoun rejoices at the sight of birds in the trees. zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters. zeitoun is contemplating the survival of domestic pets.

Answer 1

The correct answer is this: ZEITOUN SPOT FISH SWIMMING IN THE FLOOD WATER.
The passage given above was drawn from an account of Hurricane Katrina by Dave Eggers. In the passage, he described the hurricane experience as an apolycapses, thus likening the event to the great destruction that will befall the earth at the end of the world as recorded in the bible in the book of Revelation. The hurricane was so bad that those animals that can not fly were carried away in the flood, even the fish inside the water were affected.

Answer 2

Answer:

Zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters.