Which excerpt from the "The Turtle" relates to the theme that all living things are connected in a meaningful way? O breaks from the blue-black
skin of the water, dragging her shell
with its mossy scutes
of her patience, her fortitude,
her determination to complete
what she was born to do
O She's only filled
with an old blind wish.
It isn't even hers but came to her
the tall trees are her children,
the birds that swim above her
are tied to her by an unbreakable string.

Published in 1849, by was inspired by the writer's experience of being arrested when he refused to pay a $1 poll tax as a protest against the mexican-american war.

Select the correct answer. which theme is evident in this excerpt from alfred lord tennyson’s narrative poem “the charge of the light brigade”? “forward, the light brigade! ” was there a man dismayed? not though the soldier knew someone had blundered. theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. into the valley of death rode the six hundred. a. the folly of ambition and greed b. the inability of humans to face death c. the heroism of unquestioning sacrifice d. the futility of obedience

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?