Read the passage from "Part of the Stew.
On the morning of January 8, 1815, the Redcoats made
their attack. Mama and I woke up to the sound of it. It was
like thunder that rolled on and on, and we held hands as
we thought of Pa and our friends. Then, suddenly,
everything was silent. It felt like forever as we waited for
news. Finally, word came around that the British had raised
the white flag of surrender.

Which statement correctly analyzes how the passages work together to create a central idea?

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

In act 5, which of the following seems to carry power in rome? a. violence b. rhetoric c. hope d. defeat