Seems to me the answer is.
"Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produces by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master".
maybe...it seems it to me though.
Answer: The main idea is the point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought about the topic. To figure out the main idea, ask yourself this question: What is being said about the person, thing, or idea (the topic)? The author can locate the main idea in different places within a paragraph. The main idea is usually a sentence, and it is usually the first sentence. The writer then uses the rest of the paragraph to support the main idea.
Basically. You have to write an essay on how far you agree with the statement. So write two agree paragraphs and two disagree paragraphs then a conclusion. For agree find quotes or points in the text that mean you agree and then for disagree find quotes or points that mean you disagree. Then decide overall if you agree or disagree.
Answer:
defeat
Explanation:
Defeat means loss when triumph means win.
