Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of wheels of change.

by the turn of the century, the bicycle's heyday was over and a new mechanical wonder promised to transport men and women faster and farther than ever before. bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them. the era of the automobile had begun

which aspect of historical context does this excerpt most reflect?

a change in national politics

a change in society and its values

a development in technology

a development in world events

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

The reader can conclude that the passage is part of an epic poem because rama

What inference about east egg values can be made based on this atmosphere? east egg residents like tom and daisy most value