B. he pauses to listen for voices y because he wants to know who it is
Answer:
The answer to Part A would be Ignorant, as the author goes on to state that his youthful understanding had struggled in vain. If someone is ignorant of something, yet they do not take the time to actually go research or learn about that thing, then they would be struggling in vain because they are selfish and not taking time to research what it is that the other person is saying that they do not understand.
For the answer to Part B, I would say that (Frederick) Douglass' new awareness of how owners maintain control over slaves allows him to better understand how to improve his situation. I say this because he seems to have an awakening/epiphany in the very last line: "I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty".
Explanation:
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Cut tomatoes because there cut if no light they will rot
Because the space shuttle is moving at a fast speed.
Based on this excerpt, the author's purpose for writing is to heal. In literature, the term purpose refers to a person's reason for writing, such as to inform, entertain, explain, or persuade. The author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author. This means the author wants the reader to think or act in a specific way, such as this case, the author's purpose is to persuade the reader that to heal is the is the purpose for writing.
