Which fact from the passage helps readers understand the last line of the poem, "Surprised yet again as oysters reveal their secret palns?
Pearls are the product of a living creature.
Oysters cover irritating grit with protective nacre.
Pearls are concretions made gradually of many layers.
Different oysters produce differently colored pearls.

Which excerpt best represents the central conflict of “ everyday use”

Based on thoreau's transcendental beliefs, why might he have written an essay opposing the war? to explain the individual's responsibilities within a corrupt society to begin his own political career to call attention to the ways in which the government was essentially good to express his lack of interest in societal issues

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.