70 POINTS- can someone do 1-5?

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

How does the reputation of the author convey authority? from ''city upon a hill''

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used