The sudden arrest of his motion, the abrasion of one of his hands on the gravel, restored him, and he wept with
delight. He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like
diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble. The trees upon the bank
were giant garden plants; he noted a definite order in their arrangement, inhaled the fragrance of their blooms.
Which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt?