Answer:
The 3rd highlighted line: "And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark"
Explanation:
The words that proves assonance in this text is:
And s<u>o</u> Tom aw<u>o</u>ke; and we r<u>o</u>se in the dark
In the context of the story 'The Devil', people put the life of a dying person in someone else's hand.
Explanation:
'The Devil' is a short story about a farmer, Honore and his dying mother. In the story it so happens that the young farmer couldn't take care of his dying mother since he has to look after his wheat as well. So he hires Mother Rapet to take care of her mother.
She works on daily wages but the farmer insist on a set rate. When mother Rapet realized that his mother is taking too long to die, she took the matter in her own hand and does acts which leads to death of the farmer's mother.
From this story, readers get to know that these days how even death is negotiated. People according to their well being decides when someone's time has come.
Answer:
The excerpt suggests that the Iroquois believed that:
sometimes good can come from tragedy.
Explanation:
The excerpt in question is part of a creation myth by the Iroquois, a group of Native-American tribes. According to it, tragedy can give birth to blessings. The death of "our mother" gave origin to plants whose existence would be crucial for the survival of the Iroquois people: corn, beans, squash, and tobacco. Death does not cease to be a tragic event. It still brings sadness and loss into people's lives. But the myth uses it to show that, however bad things may seem, something good may come out of it.
