When using a thesaurus, be careful of the exact intention to be expressed by the word.
Douglass draws on the public's sense of logic by making an analogy about slavery and the lack of freedom people have when someone decides their life, their work, and their choices. In this way he shows that many people live a different kind of slavery from what we have studied in history books and that slavery is all that deprives the freedom of choice of the human being.
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consternation has a negative connotation because it defines confusion resulting to fear or shock.
The correct answer is "Ordinary people can act heroically in chaotic situations".
Explanation: In "The Great Fire", the narrator explains White's testimony of the Great Chicago fire; there were accounts of men taking advantage of the situation and overcharging services for people in distress, but in other instances, there were regular people who helped for free. The everyday people who chose to help without expecting anything in return were the true heroes.
Answer: "guaranteed the safety of any merchant"
Explanation: in the excerpt we can see the description of how the merchants started to buy and sell products in Europe around the year 1150. The phrase that indicates that it was dangerous for merchants to travel, is "guaranteed the safety of any merchant", because the idea of having to guaranteed the safety, indicates that it was some kind of danger.
