A specific philosophy of life
Answer:
It could be defintion 3.
Explanation:
In the text it doesn't say the person caused ruckus on purpose or out of anger.
Answer: Agent.
Explanation: First of all we have to bare in mind the meaning of the words Rhetoric and Persuation. Rhetoric is the art of exposing, using the language to speak about a fact. Persuation is the ability to convince someone about something.
As regards with the question itself, there are different types of agents (travel agent, insurance agent, estate agent, etc) but in all of the cases the agent is a person who needs the rhetoric and the persiation to convince the costumer of buying or purchasing the product he/she is selling.
The narrator wants to see the ship sink in battle or a massive storm, resting at the bottom of the ocean rather than just being retired as a vessel. Since it had seen so much blood and action in its life, the narrator feels it deserves to go out in a blaze of glory.
