Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.”

that winter we didn’t make much progress, for i was in school and doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. but when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again. success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start. on hot days, doodle and i went down to horsehead landing and i gave him swimming lessons or showed him how to row a boat. sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of old woman swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk. promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song.

which sentences from the excerpt most emphasize that spring has become a symbol of hope for the boys? check all that apply.

that winter we didn’t make much progress, for i was in school and doodle suffered from one bad cold after another.
but when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again.
success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start.
sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of old woman swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk.
promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song.

"Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song" and "But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again."

Explanation:

It described to you how the spring will bring good luck to the characters.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.