What is the goal of an empathic listener? A. To understand the speaker's feelings, needs, and wants so that they can appreciate his or her point of view. B. To turn off their own filters and biases to understand what the other party is saying. C. To understand and evaluate the meaning of the speaker's message. D. To mold messages to fit their own conceptual framework. E. To grasp the information of the speaker's message.

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.