The correct answer is: <span>Traders could sell many varieties of Chinese spices in faraway markets. Trading various good with various neighboring kingdoms and places made the Song Dynastic prosperous during that time. They set up trading markets with their northern borders while their maritime merchants traded around the Indian Ocean, reaching as far as Somalia in Africa.
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The Civil War had a major impact on literature during this time period. The horrors of the war shook people up and created a more pessimistic outlook on life. This was one of the first wars that was photographed so people had images to look at even if they were not involved in the war itself. The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is definitely applicable in ths case.
Realism came into play in large part out of need as a result of the war. People had something to write about but did not at the time have the right "tool" to do it. Realism/realistic novel was that tool. Romanticism, which came before realism, did not lend itself to write about the new perspective of society post Civil War.
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1. They have given up memories like snow, mountains, ranbows.....
2. The first memory he receives is that of sledding in the snow. Snow and the feeling of coldness are new experiences for him. He feels himself on a sled, moving downhill, and even the concept of a hill is new to him. He finds the sled ride experience exhilarating, but this leads him to question the Giver.
3. In the dream, Jonas has the sense that his sled on a hill is meant to be part of a journey to a particular place, "as if there were a destination" (p. 88). And he feels that this is a good thing, that wherever he was meant to journey, it was "welcoming" (88) and "significant" (88).
Explanation:
The best option will be the B. “to dissolve the political bands”. This is a figurative language.
