I don't know any excerpts but ultimately if I were you I would focus on the characters. all of the characters appearances affect their overall personality. for example find a quote about Joy. her wooden leg represents how hollow her soul is.
1. <span>Germany, Britain, Japan and Russia
2. </span><span>The British because of the Yangtze River.</span>
Because the have some power but not a lot
Hope this helps
Everything from California to Alaska and between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean was a British-held territory called Oregon. The trail pointed the way for the United States to expand westward to achieve what politicians of the day called its “Manifest Destiny” to reach “from sea to shining sea.”