One characteristic of Enlightenment that is seen in this excerpt is that people should be guided by the reason and not irrational fears, however serious they may seem to be. The protagonist/author of the diary seems to be the only cool-headed person in this terrible situation. Everybody else is freaking out, running about and screaming. He notices multiple times that nobody is making any effort to actually quench the fire. He is the one who goes to warn the king and suggests that houses should be pulled down. There is one very interesting remark about Lord Mayor, who is in a panic just like everyone else: "To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman..." Misogyny aside, this comment shows the speaker's manly, reasonable, commendable attitude. He is an active person who does something to undo the damage, and not just a passive observer or a coward who runs away in panic.
A diary entry was a fitting form during the Enlightenment period because that was the first time that the words and opinions of a more or less ordinary person were deemed important. A diary has this risk of being a subjective collection of personal impressions. But Pepys' diary pretends to be highly objective because its author sees himself as a reasonable man, important in his own right, competent enough to keep a diary and record some important things that happen around him, to other ordinary people.
I believe the answer is B. Hope this helped!
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The correct answer is a narrative poem.
Answer:
The correct answer should be: "[...] only human language utilizes complex system of speech".
Explanation:
Although animals such as dolphins and great apes communicate, which is a form of language, only humans are capable of producing speech through the use of words and a complex set of phrases and sentences. Animals do not speak, even though they communicate differently, only people are able to use language in this way, only humans use a complex system of language data inside out their minds while using oral or written speech.