McKay personifies America as a woman who feeds him "bread and bitterness" and who sinks her "tiger's tooth" into his throat. By using the pronouns she and her to refer to America, McKay turns the concept of a country into a person who can cause the narrator harm even while he loves her. The effect of this personification turns the relationship between the narrator and his country into a more personal relationship, full of the conflicting emotions that come along with loving a person.
I think it could happen because the girl (don't remember their names sorry) snuck onto the ship where she wasn't supposed to go. Obviously if you do something wrong, no necessarily sneaking onto a spaceship, there are always consequences. The man did try to save her life, but there wasn't much he could do because it was too late for both of them to survive.
The contextual meaning of the word; "untoward" as used in paragraph 9 is; Defective.
<h3>Contextual meaning of Untoward</h3>
It follows from traditional English that the word, untoward is characterized as unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient.
On this note, similarly, the word Untoward as used in paragraph 9 simply means Defective.
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I believe the answer is D.
