Explains why each event causes the next event to happen.
Explanation:
A) Mary Chesnut is starting to write her diary on November 8, 1860 when she found of that Abraham Lincoln is elected for the president of United States. She was on the train and that was the moment when she decided that she will write about everything that is happening around her. Those events were Abraham Lincoln election, the South’s secession from the Union, Civil War.
B) The diary is giving us reveal of the daily life back then including finances, race, struggles, and sacrifices. She was fighting trough the diary to come to terms with the things that was very important back them and all of them were wanting it. That thing was freedom. She met many people during her lifetime, those were famous people, people who survived the war and people who are having many secrets.
C) For me, the most surprising thing is that she recorded her impressions during the five years. Also, I found surprising that she wanted to describe and represent all secrets and events that she found out from other people and I think that that is really brave.
Answer:
The third and fifth paragraphs of the excerpt shows that animals have the ability to avoid being captured.
Explanation:
In the third and fifth paragraphs of this excerpt, the narrator shows how his pet named Nab resisted his offer of a fish. He first thought that at the first sight of the fish, Nab will grab at it and consume but that was not to be the case as the animal kept running around the tempting offer till the offeror became exhausted.
This trait of Nab can help him to avoid being captured as everything is first treated with a measure of suspicion. He was always on guard against possible harm.
