Manjiro shuddered. These were certainly barbarians if they killed animals to make shoes! Such a thing was against the law in Japan. Eleven eyes. When at last he dared to look up, what he noticed was their eyes. Each pair a different color: green as a stormy sea, blue as the sky, black as night, or brown as his own. One man had only one eye, and that one as gray as a cloudy day. The other eye was covered with a patch. There did not seem to be any tails, horns, or fangs among them. There were some alarmingly hairy faces and plenty of big noses, though! —Heart of a Samurai, Margi Preus Read the passage. What does it help you understand about how Manjiro’s character has developed?

The passage shows that Manjiro is thinking more independently than he did at the beginning of the story. He is not as influenced by the fears and ideas common in his culture; instead, he recognizes that the "barbarians" on the ship are simply people just like him.

Explanation:

Manjiro's natural curiosity  as a natural philosopher had been developed which develop realization  that show he has begin to understand the new individuals around, be less afraid,expect the unexpected and not be so harshly judgmental of new experiences .

Explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

direct object would be the answer