Excerpt from A Baker's Dozen, Based on the first paragraph of the passage, what inference can you make about the speaker? A) The speaker is lazy and did not excel in highschool. B) The speaker respects his step-father and regrets disappointing him. C) The speaker is intelligent and clever, but did not excel in high school. D) The speaker thinks he is a loser because he did not excel in highschool. i need help please answer for me

C: The speaker is intelegent and clever, but did not excel in high school.

Explanation:

This is because the entire time the writer talks about not being a loser and not doing well in highschool thus eliminating D along with B because he doesn't say much about his stepfather. It also can't be A because there was no evidence of the writer being lazy.

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answer: third

explanation:

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.