Which details from "the oasis: africa" best support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind? select each correct answer. “this was a day when fear laid his hand upon us, when each of us felt the knife at his throat.” "'does the effendi think i would desert him in his hour of need? but god is good, let us press on.'" "the arabs were clearly dejected at not having reached the oasis, and several had already commenced to feel the pangs of thirst." "clutch tight your water-skin on the desert, for there is no charity on the sahara, and he that has no water shall not drink! "

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?