To provide an accurate description of passage b, I would need the content of the passage itself. Please share the passage, and I'll be happy to summarize it for you!
water rout
The tone of the passage seems to be heartfelt or emotional.
Resilient.
Topical
Disillusionment :)
testingwater rout
threatening
Downhearted is a term that describes the old man in the passage The House of the Seven Gables.
A-B-C
the man was not a good rider
paranoid
beautiful, courage