Answer:
The answer is yes. Melville is really criticizing the Christian Missionaries.
Explanation:
Because he uses many biblical, scientific, and mythological themes to built his story. The lighting -rod man is a representation of the missionares, while the narrator represents Melville beliefs. The center idea of the story is that the christianism convertion is destroying the cultures, values, and customs established before. The convertion is not about real spiritually, but about imposing the missionaries way of living. The narrator tries to dissuade his neighbors from believing in the lightining rod man, Melville believes in a God full of love and not in a God or religion imposed by fear.
It is C, Mark Antony refutes Brutus’ accusations of Caesar being overly ambitious
by giving examples of his humility and his great love for Romans, whom
he named as heirs in his will; mutiny might be an expected reaction from
the Roman crowd.
The order from unreliable to reliable is:
.com, .org, .edu, .gov
.com is your answer
hope this helps
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