(1) An achievement that takes no effort will always feel empty, not satisfying. (2) I recently entered a tennis tournament and won the trophy. (3) But my opponents were either sick or had injuries, which kept them from playing well. (4) Instead of being proud of myself for winning, I felt like a fraud. (5) I really didn’t feel good about myself. How could the writer best revise this passage to make it more concise? by removing sentence 1 by combining sentences 1 and 2 by combining sentences 4 and 5 by removing sentence 5

In the sweet hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize? "every death is magic from the enemy to be avenged" by brooks haxton when fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes, i swore to find and kill the ones to blame. men must mount the long boat in the dark with spears. at dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent, i crouched. a young wife, newborn slung across her chest, came first for spring water. she stooped. my god, for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. her god stepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth, the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth. death is not evil. innocence of childhood the continuing cycle of life and death the children that will never be born