Iam a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. —herman melville, "bartleby the scrivener" in the bolded section, what is the benefit of using "from his youth upward" rather than "from an early age" or "always"? it suggests a very old and feeble narrator without any true sense of right or wrong. it suggests an attitude of understandable and debilitating fear in the narrator. it suggests the narrator sees himself as someone who has grown more successful over time. it suggests the narrator has a strong sense of loss after the things he has described in the passage.

The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. the figurative language in this excerpt serves to a. give the convict animalistic qualities. b. provide a relatable example of how the convict ate. c. set a scary mood. d. use alliteration to catch the reader's attention.

In 3-5 complete sentences, throughly explain how the protagonists cultural background affects his or her actions and choices in your module one story? provide at least two specific details from the text to show how the protagonists cultural background affects his or hers actions and choices.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b. being sliced open by a giant blade c. being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive