Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
Which detail from the passage is evidence that Douglas has
few material possessions while he is enslaved?
I spent the time in washing, not so much because I wished
to, but because Mrs. Lucretia had told me I must get all the
dead skin off my feet and knees before I could go to
Baltimore; for the people in Baltimore were very cleanly, and
would laugh at me if I looked dirty. Besides, she was going to
give me a pair of trousers, which I should not put on unless I
got all the dirt off me. The thought of owning a pair of
trousers was great indeed! It was almost a sufficient motive,
not only to make me take off what would be called by pig-
drovers the mange, but the skin itself. I went at it in good
eamest, working for the first time with the hope of reward,
Mrs. Lucretia had told me I must get all the dead skin off
my feet and knees...
O Mhe people in Baltimore were very cleanly, and would
laugh at me if I looked dirty.
O The thought of owning a pair of trousers was great
indeed!
O I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with
the hope of reward.

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explanation:

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.