Read the excerpt and answer the question. though you were early forced from my arms, your image has been always riveted in my heart, from which neither time nor fortune have been able to remove it; so that, while the thoughts of your sufferings have damped my prosperity, they have mingled with adversity and increased its bitterness. which of the following best states the explicit meaning of this excerpt from equiano’s autobiography? a. he hopes that his sister is no longer suffering wherever she is. b. he has grown increasingly bitter over time despite his being a free man. c. he still cherishes the memories of the time spent with his sister in spite of all that transpired. d. being separated from his sister greatly affects him to this day no matter how much time had passed.

I would say that the state that best represent the meaning of this excerpt from Equiano's autobiography is C: He still cherishes the memories of the time spent with his sister in spite of all that transpired.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, the speaker exposes how close he keeps the memories of his sister, he speaks about her with tenderness and nostalgy, and it is very clear when he says: "your image has been always riveted in my heart, from which neither time nor fortune have been able to remove it". He assumes that life has been difficult sometimes, but he still reminds her with love and this memory of hers is colourful, despite the pain of being apart.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen