This is called word analysis.
When you are trying to figure out what a particular word means, you are obviously going to analyze it. Maybe you know what its root means, or you can deduce the meaning based on its prefixes and suffixes. You will probably take into consideration the context and neighboring words in the sentence as well in order to analyze it.
The main conflict that happens in this story is between Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom. Daisy and Tom are married together. Daisy knew Gatsby years before she met Tom and they were madly in love, until Gatsby had to go away for years. Daisy had then met Tom and they got married.
I feel like the tone in these few lines is that of stubbornness, so (D).
The author talks about how the fruit struggles and continues to grow despite of everything going against it. This is probably a reference to something else. ( I think the rights of colored people?"
Answer:
What changes can the football team make to protect students heads?
Explanation:
Rephrase me, but basically it jsut narrows down the whole school specifically to the football team