For a second time there was no sign. again no bridegroom and the priest in the house. she could not remember any other sorrow because this grief wiped them all away. oh, no, there's nothing more cruel than this — i'll never forgive it. she stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light. which statement provides the best analysis of the passage's symbolism? a. the light represents granny weatherall's life. b. the cruelty is more than granny weatherall can bear. c. the thunder suggests the beating of granny's heart. d. the priest stands for the moral purity of her husband

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.