How is Maibon different by the end of the story "The Stone"? A. He wants the stone to keep returning to him so his wish will continue.

B. He appreciates the changes in the world even if it means he ages.

C. He is angry at the dwarf for tricking him into making a bad choice.

D. He complains that the wish did not bring him the riches he desired.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination