I believe the correct answer is: “Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf…”
The setting of the narrative represents the place where narrative is being unfolded – its surroundings, position. This quotation is the best contribution to the setting as it describes the place where the story begins or where story happens (at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage).
Therefore, the excerpt from the text best establishes the setting of this passage is:
"Dipping his fingers languidly into the cool pond, he delicately plucked out an oval-shaped purple leaf with fine-toothed edges, then let it drop so he could capture a newer one, a larger, brilliantly red leaf whose crinkled surface curled like the palm of a hand. Behind him, at the edge of the wide, sloping lawn, the tall, green fronds of bamboo waved, as mild as grazing sheep, and the politely clicking melody of wooden wind chimes wafted from the weathered pine balcony of his twelve-bedroom cottage."
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For some immigrants, assimilation can lead to depression and related mental health challenges. Immigrants can experience feelings of anxiety when they have to try and learn a new language, find a new job, or navigate hostility toward different ethnic groups in a new society.
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C.) That nature powers over the strongest of human knowledge.
Explanation:
Poe incorporated the bust of Athena into "The Raven" because "Pallas" roughly translates into maiden. The narrator describes Lenore as a "rare and radiant maiden". I believe that the bust if Athena"(bust of Pallas) is a reminder of Lenore. It is important that the raven is perched on the bust because Pallas Atgena was a Greek goddess of wisdom, and it suggest that the bird itself may be wise.
