Question

Choose the answer.

Answer 1

For your first question, your answer should be, "amazed".

For your second question, your answer should be, "It probably sank."

Answer 2

This vivid experience by Henry David Thoreau is an example of vivid personal and subjective perception. It does not put itself in the center of the universe, but from the perspective of perception describes its experience that represents the sense of admiration. His tone is best described with "amazed".  

The main Thoreau's theme is that life can be very simple if human desire is simple. People complicate their lives by wanting things that they do not really need. Certainly there should be financial and social security, but in order to achieve personal independence that is more valuable than needs.

The second answer is: c.