Which quotation best illustrates the idea that the narrator sacrificed a great deal for his work?
a. “with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, i collected the instruments of life around me that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.” (paragraph 1)
b. “it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…” (paragraph 1)
c. “his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful.” (paragraph 2)
d. “i had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. for this i had deprived myself of rest and health.” (paragraph 3)

The development of new inventions in the field of space travel seemed rapid. how does the word rapid function in a sentence?

In expanded academic asap and other periodical databases, it’s best to put your exact phrase

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile