Read the excerpt from the fall of the house of usher And thus as a closer intimacy admitted me more unreservedly into the recesses of his spirit ,the more bitterly did I perceive the futility of all attempt at cheering a mind from which darkness , as if an inherent positive quality, poured fourth upon all objects of the moral and physical universe , in one unceasing radiation of gloom. how does Poe develop a short story element in the excerpt

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

d. therefore pilots wisely train these cubs by various strategic tricks to look danger in the face a little more calmly.

c or d they are the same

the very first one i did this and passed the test with 5 wrong