Read Herman Melville’s short story "The Lightning-Rod Man" and answer these questions: What types of allusions are used in the story?
What underlying meaning do the allusions reveal?
Why does the lightning-rod man insist that his is "the only true rod"?
What instances of irony do you notice? How are they are used?

for me, i'd go with (c) satisfied or (b) overjoyed because if you read it a couple of times, it makes since that it is c or b. it can't b (a) angry because booker was never angry about anything. at the end of the paragraph, booker states, "i think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that i " i think that sentence kind of gives away the also, some words in the paragraph can also you like for example, "indulged," "calmly," "perplexity," "privilege," and defining words that you don't know, can you understand more of that paragraph and it can also increase your comprehension. : )

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it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot

i think that it is (line 11)