What is the main idea Thomas Paine was conveying in this
excerpt?

A. We overvalue the principle of freedom and must
reconsider its worth.

B. Certain principles are timeless and will develop on their
own.

C. People must find easier ways to obtain freedom and
justice.

D. Freedom is costly, but anything truly worthwhile comes
at a high price.

D. Freedom is costly, but anything truly worthwhile comes  at a high price.

Explanation:

Paine is trying to say that we can't really cherish the things that is easily acquired, "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly".

But when it is acquired through hard work, you cherish it and feel accomplished. Freedom is that thing where you need to work hard because it is costly, but in the end it was worth it.

c hydrophobia is the answer

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.