This task will prompt you to investigate a specific aspect of a literary work from the colonial era and its relationship to a particular topic in history. To complete this task, you must complete the following steps: Select a particular topic that is relevant to the colonial era and the Age of Reason, and form a thesis that explores an aspect of that topic. Research your topic and identify relevant information that supports your position. Draft your historical investigative report and organize your research findings. Produce a final draft by proofreading and revising your initial drafts.

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced