Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate time in the excerpt. The second sentence is saying that he is in the midst of time/living, and he can "detect how shallow it is," meaning that he is aware that life is short and that the end is inevitable. Thoreau also describes time as being fleeting, but ever-present.
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Opened. A participle is a word formed by a verb. Example: Going, Gone, being, been. Etc
Answer:
I go to your school lol i have the same thing you are working on
Explanation:
He found a can of a medicine that kills different types of bugs and parasites. Candy tells him the man who stayed in his bunk before was very clean and probably has a can as a precaution.