The answer would be D, it is half of what it was before.
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charlie at the end of the story is mostly the same but at the end he was a little bit smarter, and aware that he was once smart. now he feels humiliated b/c he isn't as smart as he once was.
To my knowledge of literally devices that would be an idiom, because it is a saying for something common!!
Answer: B. She claims that literacy gives people opportunities for personal enjoyment and careers.
