Wilse Graham is reluctant to answer Ellen’s question about slavery becoming more of a "festerin’ hurt" each year, and whether or not we "hev to make a move against it." How does the author reveal that Wilse feels in his heart that slavery is wrong, even though he defends it as an economic necessity?

The author reveal that Wilse feels in his heart that slavery is wrong, even though he defends it as an economic necessity, by showing that the question makes Wilse unable to continue eating, and he admitted that he has no justification to offer to his maker for being master over another man.

Explanation:

Wilse Graham tries to dodge answering Ellen's question, and that in itself is proof that he has conflicting emotions about the topic.

When John pressed him about it his reaction of his food after Ellen asked the question, and the answer he finally gives reveals that he feels slavery is wrong even though it is important to the economy.

The author made the revelation with these lines:

'Wilse hesitated a moment, his eyes on the plate of food, which he had barely touched during the last few  minutes. "I'll say this to you, Cousin John," he said finally. "I own a few slaves, and if I stood before my  Maker alongside one of em, I'd hev no way to justify the fact that I was master and he was slave.'

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .