The hatchet itself probably represents survival
Your answer is C.
This is why:
So, Mathilde is very disappointed with how poor she and her husband are. We can tell by how she lusts and longs for the things she cannot afford. She longs to have these nice things, but cannot have them. She longs to be rich, but she is just simply not.
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Answer:
careful is the synonym of meticulous trust me
