In the context of this story, how do people face death? How do the characters in
the text face death differently from each other? How does this experience differ
with how individuals face death in modern America? (The Devil)

The story talks about how people in poor and miserable conditions take ruthless decisions.

Explanation:

The devil is a short story which has been written by Guy de Maupassant. The theme of this message is poverty and the reactions to actions of people living in poverty and poor conditions.

The story talks about how people living in poverty and with tough situations make them take decisions which are very ruthless. Like Honroe chooses wheat and food over his ailing mother because of which she could not survive.

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.