In "song of becoming" the poet most likely mentions both the bible and quran to suggest all of the following except a. the boys are fighting to defend their religious beliefs b. both books are used by their followers to justify anger and acts of war c. through different, the books share messages that are philosophically similar d. the boys devotion to their cause has elevated them to a status higher than both

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination