Answer:
To escape being eaten by the whale
Explanation:
The fish suggests that the whale try something else so that he doesn't get eaten
The correct answer here would be all people.
Transcendentalism is a literary and philosophical movement that originated in the United States of America as a reaction to the prevalent intellectualism, philosophy, spirituality. One of the most prominent people associated with the movement is Ralph Waldo Emerson in whose essays we see that all people are capable of transcending the physical senses with free will and intuition into deeper spiritual experience.
I think it is d. Gerund, because it is a verb that can be a noun
4th option as the the room was painted bu shelia early in the morning makes the most sense