Kevin turned the baseball over and over in his hand, feeling the roughness of the stitches. as he carefully placed the ball on his nightstand, he remembered the day his father had taken him to the stadium, bought him a hot dog, and taught him the ins and outs of the greatest game in the world. how long ago that was and how much more complicated his life had become since then. in the passage, what is the best example of an artifact? a. the baseball b. the father c. the nightstand d. the hot dog

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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