Read this excerpt from "the medicine bag.” nothing bothered cheryl about bringing her friends to see grandpa. every day after school started, there’d be a crew of giggling little girls or round-eyed little boys crowded around the old man on the patio, where he’d gotten in the habit of sitting every afternoon. grandpa would smile in his gentle way and patiently answer their questions, or he’d tell them stories of brave warriors, ghosts, animals; and the kids listened in awed silence. those little guys thought grandpa was great. which statement best describes a symbol in this excerpt? a. cheryl is martin’s younger sister. b. cheryl represents childhood innocence. c. the little kids are curious about grandpa. d. the little kids represent warriors and ghosts.

answer: c.the little kids are curious about grandpa.

i would suppose that the answer would be option c. and the reason why i say this is because as we read the little excerpt, we see that the kids, both boys and girls would surround this old man, and they would do this about everyday after school. and as they do, the man would tell them stories of ghost, warriors and stuff like that. i would say that would be the point of the excerpt. hope this .

        its hard for some people to get along and that’s the case for douglass and canot. most of the time when people do not agree with each other its because they have different presperctives, and that is the case here.

captain canot was never a slave so but he was a slaver and a slave ship captain and just like the slave master's he tought it was it was totally normal, he used captain conot is a cruel man who enjoys whipping slaves but never   got whipped he saw it has a destiny for the slave to be a slave and the slaver to be a slaver   but douglass has suffered whoppings cut   even for no reason sometimes. douglass believed that slavery was not natural to black people, they need to study and learn how to read and write. he knew they have rights.

it was really not the captain’s fault he was just brainwashed by the system and when your brainwashed by the system its hard not to be brainwashed. but the reason douglass wants this is because he has suffered he knows how it feels and will do anything to stop that.