What theme does the excerpt most clearly reflect? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain (adapted excerpt)
Judge Thatcher hoped to see Tom a great lawyer or a great
soldier some day. He said he meant to look to it that Tom
should be admitted to the National Military Academy and
afterward trained in the best law school in the country, in order
that he might be ready for either career or both.
O A. It reflects the theme of innocence and the joys of being a child.
OB. It reflects the theme of childhood expectations and their impact on future choices.
OC. It reflects the theme of conflict between individual freedom and social expectations.
OD. It reflects the theme of isolation and lack of social connections.

79 one theme in stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin is a)circle of lifeb)true christianityc)american ideals and realityd)families destroyed by slavery

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive

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