Which sentence best summarizes the "starving time"? a people made fires, washed their loathsome clothes, and became infected. b to william brewster and myles standish, bradford and many others recovered from scurvy. c half of the company died, and the few strong people took care of the weak. d after the settlers stole their stores of corn and seed, many indians starved.

The answer is either A. or C.

Explanation:

“The starving time” was the winter of 1609-1610, when food shortages, fractured leadership, and a siege by Powhatan Indian warriors killed two of every three colonists at James Fort.

Good information here:

https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/the-starving-time/

(It is a little gory)

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1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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what was your story about? i remember this from my language arts class in flvs! i had ms. rosemeyer.