We can't see underlining here, but here, I think this will be helpful:
"I read a novel" would be the intependent clause: it does not need the other one to be complete.
"until the guests arrived" is the subordinate clause: it needs the independent, main clause to be complete.
A tax collector asked him to pay six years of tax. well,Thoreau<span> refused due to his opposition to the Mexican–American War n' slavery, so he spent a night in </span>jail <span>because of his refusal.</span>
I believe she was being selfish
That the people are trying to be different