How is the underlined gerund used in the sentence?

her hobby in the springtime is *gardening*.

a.
subject

b.
predicate nominative

c.
direct object

d.
object of a preposition

In the section the deciding pitch what is the narrators point of view on how th pitcher feels about the upcoming event

1. saved aronnax from drowning "an incident" 2. speed of the nautilus man-of-war 3. next to captain nemo conseil 4. electricity vigo bay 5. "a coral tomb" 20,000 leagues 6. the nautilus runs aground nemo's "thunderbolt" 7. episodes are connected by aronnax's quarters 8. captain nemo's "bank" cause 9. distance aronnax traveled on the nautilus "a fine death for a sailor" 10. captain nemo sinks for revenge 50 miles per hour

Read this excerpt from "the bear." he is in his grave, and i have buried myself between four walls. . we are both dead. what is revealed about character in this quote?