The author includes logical evidence that Indian workers and formerly enslaved people didn't get along because wages went down.
In the passage, it states:
"The Indian coolies and the ex-slaves, who resented the newcomers flooding the colonies and driving down wages, were instant rivals."
In this case, the Indian coolies are the newcomers and the ex-slaves are the ones resenting them. Therefore, the ex-slaves resent the Indian coolies because they were driving down wages.
Your answers:
"Nor did it matter that by his yielding he subjected himself to a deeper agony in the end and gave serious hurt to Irene Scheerer and to Irene's parents, who had befriended him."
and
"There was nothing sufficiently pictorial about Irene's grief to stamp itself on his mind."
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word choice is important because you need to be able to give a presentation the viewers will understand, you can't use terms that only you understand. You also need to be able to explain what you are talking about and why it is important clear enough for everyone to understand.
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