Kingsolver's tone shifts to more factual over page 50 and ahead.
In Dover Beach by Mathew Arnold, the speaker describes the sea at night, how it looks and sounds as it crashes against the moonlit coast. The speaker calls the reader to come and observe with him such a marvelous view. In line one he states "The sea is calm tonight.", while in line five he emphasizes "... <span>out in the tranquil bay. ".
Therefore, your best answer is calm/tranquil.</span>
He is constantly tormenting him and his peers, and eats obnoxiously and strange types of food in the cafeteria. He attempts to expose his families cultural background and is very rude with his friends, pulling pranks on them and saying rude or indecent things about Danny to them.
