Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai: "That night, lying in his bunk, Manjiro couldn’t help trying the new words. "Buttons," he whispered. "Pockets. Shoes. Bread." Bread was hard to say. He tried again and again. "Captain," he said. "Whitfield." "What are you doing?" Goemon said. "Maybe if I learn some words, I can ask questions." Goemon groaned. "More questions!" "If we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us?" Which heroic quality does Manjiro show in the excerpt? a) He rejects the barbarian way of life. b) He insists on doing things his way. c) He is willing to learn new things. d) He resists being changed by outside forces.

Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure.a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.

Read the sentence. bose ikard, a former slave, managed one of the largest thriving ranches in texas. which is the verb of the sentence? managed thriving a former slave bose ikard

How does shakespeare transform the myth of phoebus and daphne to dramatize this theme?