Answer:
It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.
Explanation:
The book <em>Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science </em>tells about the development of the sugar business, starting from its origins in New Guinea in 7000 B.C. to the 21st century and production of ethanol. An important topic in the book is a blood trail this industry left - the deaths of countless African slaves forced into sugar production.
This particular excerpt tells a story about how an ancestor of one Russian family entered the sugar business as a serf, a farmer bound to his lord's land, which he works on.
The correct answer is C.
Despite Bartleby being such a poor employee, Melville feels pity for him because he discovers that Bartleby is living in the office. The office is at Wall Street, a place that, according to Melville, is as desolate as a ghost town during nights and Sundays. He is affected by the loneliness of Bartleby's life and decides not to divulge his secret.
Answer: Millicent's conflict over whether to join the sorority leads to her to realize that she values her independence, her individuality, and her friendship with Tracy. She wants to be free like the heather birds, not part of the group.
Explanation:
Answer:
The excerpt from the poem <em>The Great Wave: Hokusai</em> that best supports the conclusion that the artist intended the wave to feel threatening is the one that begins with: <em>"All anger bends under his unity".</em>
Explanation:
Unfortunately,<u> the passages are not well delimited</u>, but that is the line that answers the questions. So, the passage that contains it, is the right one. <u>By reading this line, we can easily understand how brave and strong the artist wanted the wave to look like.</u> What he wanted the wave to transmit. Its unity, its immensity makes "all anger" bend under his unity. There is nothing that this wave can not control, his power, his length, his toughness is what gives the power. <u>This is why I chose that paragraph, it is very clear the description of the wave and the intention of the author in that line.</u>