Read the excerpt below and answer the question. My father still goes fishing, the only thing that seems to calm him. The mountains are sleeping waves. My father catches very small fish. My mother eats them. My friends laugh at me when I tell them that once upon a time, my father caught a carp weighing twenty pounds.

What symbol does the carp represent in this excerpt from Wang's "The Carp"? Select all that apply.

ambition of man
loss of innocence
disbelief in position
promise of a new start

Need the answer asap! read the sentence from the declaration of independence. which idea does this sentence best to develop ? that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government a) governments ultimately have the power to determine what rights the people have. b) revolting against the government should not be taken lightly. c) the colonists should seperate from great britain and create their own government. d) it is self evident that people have inalienable rights