Read the following passage:

I was tormented by what I had done. At the lakeside that
morning, I was unnerved by the eerily still surface of the
lake, like icy glass in an empty atmosphere.
Which sentence describes the effect of the figurative language in this
passage?

A. The narrator's mental state is anguished.
B. The setting is described in terms of death.
C. The descriptions of nature make the setting seem important.
D. The use of water reminds readers of rebirth.

Read the excerpt from the land. of my brothers, i was closest with robert. i suppose, in part, being the same year's children made us close, but there were other things too. we had been together practically since birth, and we always took care of each other. when i got into trouble, robert was there to pull me out of it if he could, or at least to see me through it, and i did the same for him. the passage provides evidence of why paul and robert have physical conflicts. paul and robert avoid social conflicts. paul is the least influenced by robert. paul is motivated to ask robert for .