How is the central conflict of the novel resolved? (treasure island) a. captain smollett and his men get the treasure, while the pirates who mutinied are punished. b. jim hawkins long john silver and captain smollett to treat ben gunn kindly in exchange for his bringing them the treasure. c. dr. livesey brings the two sides together and negotiates a peace, but neither side gets any treasure. d. long john silver convinces the pirates to cooperate with smollett, and the crew sails home on the hispaniola.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

tom robinson he was a black man that was accused of raping caucasian woman, and an idealistic lawyer offers to defend him. which makes nobody believe in the innocence of a negro.