Which of the following lines best reveals a concern with the social ills of the time? "the evening arrived; the boys took their places." "the master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale." " the river on a strong spring-" “child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery.”

The correct answer is D.

The line "Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery" reveals a concern with the social ills of the time.

A starving child is definitely indicative of a social ill. Any society that has starving children who are desperate and miserable is a society that has its problems. Therefore, this line reveals a concern with social ills, or problems.

obama was told in early july 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the kerry presidential campaign.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”