Answer:
to help them survive their circumstances and improve their lives
Explanation:
Theodore was with his father picking up some corn when William Cory crossed the field and told Theodore's father: Jonathan the Rebs shot and took Fort Sumpter, he got very white and could not say anything, they did not finish their labors and they left to home. They told the grandmother and she cried saying that her poor children would suffer to the south and that she already knew that this would happen.
NO, IT DOESN't have figurative meaning
Answer: personification and alliteration
Personification refers to the use of human qualities to describe animals, inanimate objects, abstract ideas or natural phenomena. In this case, the author gives "autumn" qualities that belong to humans, such as "sitting careless on a granary floor."
Alliteration refers to the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds, even when spelled differently. It is also called "initial rhyme." In this case, the author uses alliteration when he says "winnowing wind."
