Read this excerpt from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. ..I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea: and
my inclination to this led me so strongly against the will,
nay, the commands of my father, and against all the
entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other
friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that
propension of nature, tending directly to the life of misery
which was to befal me.
What is one way in which the antagonist in this passage contributes to the
overall meaning of the story?
O A. Crusoe's struggle against nature is an example of a character
O B. Crusoe's struggle with his desire to go to sea develops the theme
O C. Crusoe's struggle against his own personality is an example of a
OD. Crusoe's struggle with his own personality is something that other
trying to survive by fighting forces greater than himself.
of an individual fighting against social forces.
character battling his flaws and weaknesses.
characters in the story do not have to deal with.

Which revision of the sentence most effectively incorporates the literary term characterized?

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.