It may be cold up north, but down in the gulf they are fishing—scudding among the florida keys in a little white sailboat, landing for lunch on a strand as snowy as the northern streets, where the shimmering distances of white sand are paved with shell and pearl, and the tide thrums out its old song under the palms. and fish? two-hundred and fifty pounds is the average day's catch for a small sailboat cruising among the florida keys. yet, when all is said and done, the catching of fish is a matter of luck—a gambler's chance, if you will have it so. which statement most accurately indicates the author's attitude toward the catching of unshelled fish? a) it is not a sport suited for modern times. b) it is much easier than catching shellfish. c) it is more difficult than catching shellfish. d) it is only for those who truly love the sport of it, for it is a matter of luck.

The most accurate statement that expresses the author's attitude toward fishing in this excerpt is option D, "It is only for those who truly love the sport of it, for it is a matter of luck.," because in this kind of sport, a fisherman can either win or lose depending on the average day's catch he gets on the boat, and love is relative to luck, for no matter how much or less he catches, he will keep gambling for his chance to get some. Other point for the statement is that they are fishing in a cold weather on a small boat among the place, so for them to get a good catch, they should work hard.

hi there!

one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.