Read the excerpt from thoughts and sentiments.

after coming to england, and seeing others write and read, i had a strong desire to learn, and getting what assistance i could, i applied myself to learn reading and writing, which soon became my recreation, pleasure, and delight; and when my master perceived that i could write some, he sent me to a proper school for that purpose to learn. since, i have endeavoured to improve my mind in reading, and have sought to get all the intelligence i could, in my situation of life, towards the state of my brethren and countrymen in complexion, and of the miserable situation of those who are barbarously sold into captivity, and unlawfully held in slavery.

read the excerpt from letters of the late ignatius sancho, an african.

the first part of my life was rather unlucky, as i was placed in a family who judged ignorance the best and only security for obedience.—a little reading and writing i got by unwearied application.—the latter part of my life has been—thro' god's blessing, truly fortunate, having spent it in the service of one of the best families in the kingdom.—my chief pleasure has been books.

in these excerpts, how do both men use their personal histories to achieve their purpose?

both men use their past experiences to show readers that they persevered and became accomplished readers and writers.
both men use their personal histories to show readers the horrors and misery of being enslaved.
both men share their past experiences to show readers that they are much smarter than the average person.
both men share their personal stories to show readers that they are still having a very difficult time adjusting to european customs.

Read the passage from animal farm. one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart napoleon's wishes. their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died in the meantime. their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge? the hens holding out for five days but capitulating the eggs being delivered to the grocer the protesting hens being intentionally starved coccidiosis spreading on the farm

What is one reason dante most likely wrote the inferno? a. to fight against the church's view of punishing sin b. to clear his father's name for the wrongs he is accused of c. to show he was a better poet than virgil d. to take revenge on the people in florence who hurt him

Select the correct meaning of the word below you may use a dictionary yachet a) yawn b) large boat