Read this excerpt from the land. but on that night after the boys had torn my book and beaten me, my daddy said to me, "i've decided to send you away to school." i stared at him across our campfire. "sir? " "i want you to have an education and a trade. i want you to have a means of supporting yourself." "b-but," i stuttered, "i know plenty already. i've been studying here, and you and hammond and george, you all taught me –" "what we taught you is only a beginning. now, there are some colored schools opening up in georgia and elsewhere where colored boys and girls are going for higher education, and there's a school in macon you can go to, part-time, and later on, you want to take more schooling, you can do it.” given the historical context, what does mister edward’s decision to educate paul tell the reader about mister edward’s character? a. educating african american children was common, so it shows he liked to follow the rules. b. educating african american children was common, so it shows he approved of education. c. educating african american children was uncommon, so it shows he cared about paul’s future. d. educating african american children was uncommon, so it shows he wanted to send paul away.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Biologists recognize five levels of cell organization. the lowest and simplest is the cellular level. organisms here are either unicellular organisms, like protozoa, or colonial organisms. colonial organisms are composed of single-celled individuals that stay together to sustain the life of the whole colony. next on the scale of complexity is the level occupied by tissue. a tissue is a group of similar cells which perform a similar activity. tissues that are organized around a common function together make up an organ, the third level of complexity. the fourth level of organization is the system, formed by a group of organs which together perform a specific bodily process. the fifth and highest level is the organism level, in which body systems work together in a structure capable of independent life. main idea:

Which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt?