Read the excerpt from Chapter 28 of Moby-D l c k. Nor a word he spoke; nor did his officers say aught to him; though by all their minutest gestures and expressions, they plainly showed the uneasy, if not painful, the consciousness of being under a troubled master-eye. Which best describes the theme Melville develops in this excerpt? the effectiveness of a leader who sets himself apart from others the importance of obeying a leader under all circumstances the inherent danger of a leader who exhibits signs of madness the problems associated with inexperienced leaders

C) the inherent danger of a leader who exhibits signs of madness.

Explanation:

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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".

hey! what was the rest of the question?