Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. son about eight-and-forty minutes. dombey was rather bald, rather red, and though a handsome well-made man, too stern and pompous in appearance, to be prepossessing. son was very bald, and very red, and though (of course) an undeniably fine infant, somewhat crushed and spotty in his general effect, as yet. on the brow of dombey, time and his brother care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time-remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, notching as they go-while the countenance of son was crossed with a thousand little creases, which the same deceitful time would take delight in smoothing out and wearing away with the flat part of his scythe, as a preparation of the surface for his deeper operations to what is the father mr. dombey compared in the first paragraph? a) to a bright and expensive gold watch used to show off b) to a world full of rainbows and fair winds and weather c) to a muffin that isn't quite finished baking in the oven d) to a tree marked with lines by time and care to be cut down later

D  to a tree marked with lines by Time and Care to be cut down later

D) to a tree marked with lines by Time and Care to be cut down later.

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the description of Dombey and Son while they are laying in front of a fire. From the given options, the one that represents to what is Dombey compared in the paragraph, is the corresponding to option D: to a tree marked with lines by Time and Care to be cut down later, we can see that in the phrase "On the brow of Dombey, Time and his brother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time-remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, notching as they go-while."

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at nineteen years old, nicole c. kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. she is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights out. instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. she joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.

when kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. her secret, though, is harder to surrender - and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. as her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. but if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending

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