Answer:
Pratik is an18 year old boy and responsible son. He tries to get updates on the damage caused by the earthquake and informs his family members and neighbors. ... If people were aware to go in the safe places at the time of earthquake, human causalities would not be so high.
Explanation:
D)Conrad is saying that some people are just cynical about the world.
Answer: The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Explanation: This is a form of personification, because the sentence states that the tropical forest is pressing a thick warm blackness on the yacht. Personification is giving human like qualities to inanimate objects.
