Ever since A. D. 400, when invaders rampaged through Rome and the Roman Empire
began to crumble, Europe had become increasingly violent, ignorant, and divided.
While Muslims studied the words of the ancient Greeks, most Europeans turned to
counting on their hands, and only a few knew how to read.
-Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
14. What claim are the writers making the excerpt above? How does the
comparison the writers use support this claim? *
2 points
Answer?

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.