L 15. The poet compares the giant tortoise to "the passenger pigeon/ the dodo, the whooping crane, the stone in order to

highlight that the giant tortoise will soon be extinct or endangered
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emphasize that the giant tortoise is found on remote islands
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create an analogy that the giant tortoises are like holy symbols
demonstrate her knowledge of animals that are common to the sea
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answer; taking up arms to defend the nation;

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

explanation:

chamberlains goal was to stop the uk ad germany from fighting which he went to hitler and asked if he could sign a peace treaty between germany and the uk