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Instead of investigating the cause of the noise and movements of the ship, the passengers and workers try to connect it with something familiar and convince themselves that they are in no immediate danger. For example, Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson compared the jolts to an earthquake and convinced herself that the earthquake was worse. This leads me to believe that the central idea of the story is that people often try to downplay and underestimate dangerous situations when they have no clue what is actually going on.
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In "Your Laughter" written by Neruda, it captures his feelings for his own culture. He is talking about how he never is going to loose his smile and wont lose his happiness no matter what. Neruda says that as long as there is laughter there is happiness everywhere. It can make anyones day happy. He won't back down no matter what.
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I think the best definition is the first two answers combined, for example..... A topic sentence is the beginning of the paragraph which allows the reader to know the main idea of will be discussed throughout the paragraph.
The correct answer is actually 1. 2. 3. and 5.
to reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
