Read the following excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi When his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. But when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of Providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. How does Twain use irony in this excerpt? O A. To contrast the concern the boys should have felt with the satisfaction they really felt R. To show that the cub engineer felt satisfied with himself when he hoen thankful and emphasize​

Read this excerpt from patrick henry's speech ''give me liberty or give me death.'' what is the main idea of the text

Ill give 50 points and brainiest if i can. would be grateful for any on this. the industrial revolution moved the united states into a new economic era. using the resources provided respond to the following prompts as they deal with economic development in the united states. using the maps available on the web links tab, explain the economic development of the united states, especially in regard to its emergence as a major industrial power. (focus on industrial sections; cities and towns; territorial growth; agricultural, mineral, and resource regions; coal fields; slavery; value and production; and distribution of agriculture and manufacturing areas.) using the available maps, explain the economic advantages of the physical geography of the united states. explain the gains that the united states made from trade.

Both wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea and spiegelman’s maus relate events of the holocaust from a jewish survivor’s perspective. using the third-person point of view. by retelling the experiences of friends. through the eyes of their fathers.