"yet our priests fast, and inflict on themselves severe punishments, and we are taught to bear our sorrows in silence, and all this is so that the soul may be cleansed he struck his forehead. "my god! " he cried. "i do not understand you. i never will. go before i am too entangled in your philosophies." in this excerpt from nectar in a sieve, kenny speaks in a tone. select all that apply. confrontational desperate dismissive thoughtful

From this excerpt of “Nectar in a Sieve” we can say that Kenny has a confrontational tone he starts saying how they are teach to bear their sorrows in silence however at the end he in so sure about this philosophies he is confuse and also desperate he cries "My God!" and "I do not understand you. I never will” he is clearly disturbed and agitate.

The answer is confrontational and desperate.

this passage has a lot of figurative language like examples are

the day we found the sharks' teeth was foggy and cool.

moisture hung in the air so thick you could almost see it sparkling in the dim sunlight.

figurative language can not be taken seriously it is just sayings.