During our passage, I first saw flying fishes, which surprised me very much; they used frequently to fly across the
ship, and many of them fell on the deck. I also now first saw the use of the quadrant: I had often with astonishment
seen the mariners make observations with it, and I could not think what it meant. They at last took notice of my
surprise, and one of them, willing to increase it, as well as to gratify my curiosity, made me one day look through it.
The clouds appeared to me to be land, which disappeared as they passed along. This heightened my wonder and
I was now more persuaded than ever, that I was in another world, and that every thing about me was magic.
In at least 100 words, discuss how Equiano's descriptions in this excerpt makes the other portions of the text that much
more affecting.

explanation:

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the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

answer: alexander the great

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d. milan