The lines from this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" that use symbolism to indicate that death is approaching are:
"There was light and now there is darkness. I was here and now I'm going there!"
Here, the author uses the symbols of light and dark to represent life and death. Where there is light there is life, whereas darkness means to close his eyes forever and fall into an eternal slumber.
Tolstoy also uses the references "here" and "there" to refer to life on earth and the afterlife. Ivan feels like his time in this side is ending, and that he is finally going "there," to the afterworld.
Paragraph 17 reveal about the oiler that
- The oiler was steering with one of the two oars in the boat
- The oiler sometimes raised himself suddenly to keep clear of water that swirled in over the stern.
<h3>Who is an oiler?</h3>
An oiler is a junior role in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, consisting mainly of keeping machinery lubricated. The primary job of a oiler is to lubricate the engine parts of a ship.
The oiler from the Excerpt from "The Open Boat" is also helping with ensuring the open boat does not sink.
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I think it's C ;)) hope it's right.
Because they are often updated more regularly than traditional printed dictionaries.
