What is the meaning of those things" as it used in the following passage from Paragraph 1 of the text? Those things have toughened the fiber of our people, have renewed their faith and strengthened their devotion to the institutions we make ready
to protect
O A the downturn of the economy during The Great Depression
B. the tyrannical actions of dictators abroad
C. anything which makes Americans aware of how valuable of a part of democracy they are
D. Roosevelt's record as President of the United States

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.