This question is about zora neale hurston's "how it feels to be colored me"

when hurston says that she is "busy sharpening [her] oyster knife," she means that she

a) always expects trouble

b) is prepared to defend herself

c) is looking for the best life has to offer

d) is preparing for a time when she can gain vengeance

i know for sure it's not b, but i don't know what else it could be.

The correct answer is C) is looking for the best life has to offer.

When Hurston says that she is "busy sharpening [her] oyster knife," she means that she is looking for the best life has to offer.

Zora Neale Hurston wrote the essay "How Does it Feel to Be Coloured Like Me" in 1928, and was published in the magazine "World Tomorrow." Like a good anthropologist she was, she made interesting descriptions of the life of an African American woman in the early 20th century. In the essay, she also has other metaphors such as "the outside of the bag" that stands for the external appearance of the color of the skin.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.