The English idiom which has the same meaning as the one
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Answer: Option D.
Explanation:
'Daughter of Invention' is a story about a family who immigrated to America. The above mentioned excerpt provides a detail of one famous Dominican saying which states that, all it requires for a person to achieve success is being patient and keeping calm. This saying is very much similar to another famous idiom, 'Slow and steady wins the race.' Both these sayings eventually conveys the same meaning that no matter how slow the progress is, if a person is consistent and patient enough, then he can get anything done.
The details of the length of the day add a sence of timeliness and limitations. When story's exist outside of time they are just random excerpts but once it has time it can begin to have a sence of actuality. Once it is grounded in time it gives more meaning to what's going on because everything has to be kept on a schedule so everything that happens is important. Daylight came at nine o'clock. At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world. But the rose-colour swiftly faded. The grey light of day that remained lasted until three o'clock. This shows how very short the day is and how very important everything that you can squeeze in is. it shows their limitation so everything that gets done is more impressive.
