Greater than the gravity? Idk
1. A. a pride in loyalty
2. C. the infinite variety of human nature
"Endowed with commonsense, as massive and hard as blocks of granite<span>, </span>fastened together by stern rigidity of purpose<span>, as with iron clamps, </span>he followed out his original design,<span> probably without so much as imagining an objection to it. </span><span>On the score of delicacy, or any scrupulousness which a finer sensibility might have taught him, the Colonel, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable."
This part provides direct characterization.
Direct characterization is where the narrator tells the reader about the character. The narrator specifically told the readers the traits of the Colonel. Traits like endowed with common sense, as massive and hard, The Colonel was impenetrable.</span>
<span>The
technique used in the line, “Today I have stood where once Jefferson Davis
stood” is ethos. Ethos is where an
argument is based upon the credibility of the speaker/writer. Thus, because Jefferson Davis can be seen to
be a person of stature, to be speaking/writing to one from where one of
greatness once was can be seen to appeal to the ethos of those being
spoken/written to. </span>
