Which description from My Antonia shows the theme “The prairie has a tension between life and death”?
A.“I could still see nothing but rough red hillocks, and draws with shelving banks and long roots hanging out where the earth had crumbled away.”
B. “The wind was so strong that I had to hold my hat on, and the girls' skirts were blown out before them.”
C. “We were so deep in the grass that we could see nothing but the blue sky over us and the gold tree in front of us.”
D. “That hour always had the exultation of victory, of triumphant ending, like a hero's death – heroes who died young and gloriously.”

D

Explanation:

1- cleans/ tidies up

2- were

3-would be

4- had known

5-takes

6-must be/ have to be/should be

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in a sound of thunder a hunter,eckles, wants to use a time machine to go back in time to catch a tyrannosaurus rex. by then, 2055 elections were go held and a   new hitler was beaten by a far better candidate, keith.once he and other men have traveled,   he gets cold feet. he in   some way has known   this is not a good idea.he hears this sound , too strong for him to put up with . hopeless, he abandons the project making a mistake - another one as the first is to travel in time-that causes a butterfly effect when he comes back. in the end , changes reality for worse; the anti human anti christ deutscher,   is the president.