Up there, keeping the beat with his whole body, wailing on
the fiddle, with his eyes half closed, he was listening to
everything, but he was listening to Sonny. He was having
a dialogue with Sonny. He wanted Sonny to leave the
shoreline and strike out for the deep water. He was
Sonny's witness that deep water and drowning were not
the same thing he had been there, and he knew. And he
wanted Sonny to know. He was waiting for Sonny to do
the things on the keys which would let Creole know that
Sonny was in the water.
Which two actions are compared in the excerpt?
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Leaving the shoreline is compared to having a
dialogue with a musician.
Drowning is compared to watching a musician play
an instrument.
Swimming is compared to keeping a beat.
Playing the piano is compared to going into deep
water.