During Louie's ordeal of being lost at sea Hillenbrand writes of occasions in which he
experiences the presence of God. What are these experiences like, and how does he
experience God in each of them?

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

your

made man, i'll never forget

mine is worth far more

these are hyperbolic statements, i hope it

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

1. both men a determined to break douglass.

2. douglass is still considered to be one of captain anthony's possessions.

3. douglass escapes to freedom in the north and changes his name.

4. the events are usually written from a distance in time.

5. the recording of events in chronological order.