Based on the information in the speech, why does emerson most likely use the word hero in this excerpt?

excerpt:
. . i am very glad to see that this sudden interest in the hero of harper's ferry has provoked an extreme curiosity in all parts of the republic, in regard to the details of his history.

a. to identify the author's supporting evidence that brown is the true winner of the conflict
b. to present the author's opinion that brown is to be admired for his inspirational actions
c. to compare brown to other important historical figures in the abolitionist movement
d. to state that brown was the central figure in the event that led to his guilty verdict

Which piece of information about doris lessing would more likely be found in the new york times article "doris lessing wins nobel prize in literature" than in the "doris lessing" biographical video? the opinion lessing has of the current political climate in south africa description of the home which lessing and her husband live in today

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

What is the main idea of this paragraph? asap