"it was ruth thomas’s firm position that she belonged nowhere but on fort niles island. this was the position she took with her mother: she was truly happy only on fort niles; fort niles was in her blood and soul; and the only people who understood her were the residents of fort niles island. none of this, it must be said, was entirely true."
this is an excerpt from by elizabeth gilbert.

The correct answer is:

Stern Men

Explanation:

Stern Men narrates the story of Ruth Thomas who was born in 1958 in the island of Fort Niles, a young lady who decides after school to skip university and instead, she decides to join her father in the fishing boat as a Stern Men, an activity she considers supremely boring. However, she makes this decision in order to be with her beloved father. In the story, despite the fact that her decision goes against the principles already established in society and even when no one likes such decision, she becomes really successful with her goals and is able to achieve things that not even the strongest men had ever got.

this is what i put and it was correct

it's a way for authors to communicate with reader in this time period. books from the past can teach us about life.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.