Which of the following passages contributes most directly to the tone of the story?
a. “at seven i was too young to be insulted.”
b. “dinners were always noisy, and they were always abundant with great pots…”
c. “mama had gone to work again soon after we arrived.”
d. “…we were a band of charlie chaplins marooned in the california desert.”

What type of external conflict occurs in the excerpt from “stephen crane’s own story”? it was now that the first mate showed a sign of losing his grip. to us who were trying in all stages of competence and experience to launch the lifeboat he raged in all terms of fiery satire and hammerlike abuse. but the boat moved at last and swung down toward the water. a. person versus person b. person versus nature c. person versus society d. person versus self i think its either b or d.