Franklin. eh! oh! eh! what have i done to merit these cruel sufferings?
gout. many things; you have ate and drank too freely, and too much indulged those legs of yours in their indolence.
franklin. who is it that accuses me?
gout. it is i, even i, the gout.
how does this opening exchange reflect how franklin represents the era in which he lived?
a. he feels he must accept and tolerate his fate.
b. he feels that he is being unfairly targeted.
c. he feels he has the right to question and analyze.
d. he feels that he deserves his punishment.

Central ideas are the most ideas in a text.

In these frames, the author emphasize the challenges lqbal faced by showing

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.