Which sentence in this excerpt from northup solomon's twelve years a slave shows the element of personal reflection?
at first i was somewhat frightened, and my impulse was to run. a(there was no one about except rachel, the cook, and chapin's wife, and neither of them were to be seen.) the rest were in the field. i knew he intended to whip me, and it was the first time any one had attempted it since my arrival at avoyelles. b(i felt, moreover, that i had been faithful—that i was guilty of no wrong whatever, and deserved commendation rather than punishment). my fear changed to anger, and before he reached me i had made up my mind fully not to be whipped, let the result be life or death.
c(winding the lash around his hand, and taking hold of the small end of the stock, he walked up to me, and with a malignant look, ordered me to strip.)
d("master tibeats" said i, looking him boldly in the face, "i will not." )i was about to say something further in justification, but with concentrated vengeance, he sprang upon me, seizing me by the throat with one hand, raising the whip with the other, in the act of striking. before the blow descended, however, i had caught him by the collar of the coat, and drawn him closely to me. e(reaching down, i seized him by the ankle, and pushing him back with the other hand, he fell over on the ground.)

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "

How is the freytag's pyramid not related to the conclusion of the story? a) according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the conclusion of the story. b)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the climax. c)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the introductory material. d)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the falling action of the story.

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .