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Answer:
Life being smooth and beautiful
Explanation:
A crystal stair is smooth, beautiful, and has no cracks. Therefore, the comparison implies that life is not smooth and beautiful. Instead she describes, like I said earlier in the literal meaning, a worn-down staircase. The “tacks”, “splinters” and “boards torn up” represent the hard times and adversities in life.
Answer: The advanteges of preserving rituals or local communities could be that in the future those rituals can come in handy and probly stop world hunger
Explanation:
He has an epiphany about General Zaroff’s attitudes towards humans and what it feels like to be rich.
The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.