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This happens when Ruby becomes disappointed with Tom when the hose leaks and Ruby can no longer dive. The two stop hanging out, and Tom loses her friendship.
The light, then, is the light that her friendship brought to his life. Her friendship is light -- it is happiness and is joy to Tom. When the two friends stop hanging out, the light goes out of the marsh. The author is saying the joy has gone out of Tom's life.
The correct answer is A) children. In "Like the Sun," all of the other choices would be considered "casualties" of Sekhar's truth except his children. The story didn't mention anything about it. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
The answer would be “The fiat system of currency was a great improvement over the commodity and representative systems of currency.” so the answer is (b.)
