What is the central idea of "By Any Other Name"?

What is the purpose you f the first paragraph of this section of the iroquois constitution

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

The purpose of using personification in the excerpt is to show how? enrique’s journey.