PART A: What does the word "perceptible" mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

Roughing it was a semi-autobiographical travel novel was written by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a precursor to his first trip book, The Innocents Abroad (1869).

The excerpt in question is from Mark Twain's novel" Roughing it."

The word "perceptible," comes from the Latin word "percipere," which means "to comprehend, to know something through one's senses. This word appears in the first paragraph in the sentence "The snow was so deep on the ground that no indication of a road could be seen..." The road could not be seen, observed, or identified due of the snow.

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able to be observed

Explanation:

Thus question refers to excrept from Mark Twain's novel "Roughing It".

The word "perceptible" would most effectively be explained as "capable of being perceived" and it originates from Latin word "percipere" which means to understand, to know something with one's senses.

In the paragraph 1, this word is used in a sentence " The snow lay so deep on the ground that there was no sign of a road perceptible...".

That basically means that, because of the snow, the road could not be seen, observed or recognized.

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

explanation:

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"fire and ice" is one of robert frost's most popular poems. it was published in december 1920 in harper's magazine and in 1923 in his pulitzer prize−winning book new hampshire. it discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate.

c. the power of desire is greater than the power of hate.