What did Thoreau hope to discover living in the woods?

In three to five sentances what is the resolution of the short story cupid and psyche by apuleius

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

Fortify is a verb that means “to protect and strengthen.” a fortifications is a that means something that protects.