Read the passage below from "a celebration of grandfathers" by rudolfo anaya and answer the question that follows.

real life takes into account the natural cycle of growth and change. my grandfather pointed to the leaves falling from the tree. so time brings with its transformation the often painful, wearing-down process. vision blurs, health wanes; even the act of walking carries with it the painful reminder of the autumn of life. but this process is something to be faced, not something to be hidden away by false images. yes, the old can be young at heart, but in their own way, with their own dignity. they do not have to copy the always-young image of the hollywood star.

what does the expression "the autumn of life" refer to?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean or south america, you were now part of the sugar machine. and it did not much matter where your ship landed. you could be working the fertile fields of brazil or the hills of jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. how does the use of the word machine support the authors' claim in this passage? its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings. its negative denotation indicates that some people preferred handmade sugar over factory-produced sugar. its positive connotation indicates that plantations ran efficiently and produced huge amounts of sugar. its positive denotation indicates that it was easier for enslaved people to make sugar with machines.