Read this line from "what to the slave is the fourth of july? "
standing there, identified with the american bondman, making his wrongs mine, i do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this fourth of july.
what is douglass implying in this text?
his presence at the celebration shows that he has forgotten the past.
by speaking at the celebration, he feels complicit with the atrocities of the nation.
witnessing the celebration has shown him that the nation is even crueler than he thought.
his speech will cause the audience to re-evaluate the meaning of freedom.
i think it's a or c

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.