Answer:
C. The awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, the comment from Dickinson about expecting death in the line “since then — tis centuries — and yet/ feels shorter that the day/ I first surmised the horses head/ were toward eternity" is the awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly.
This is because he slowly realizes as he feels shorter that day and finding out that the horses egad was toward eternity.
Yes, it is true, it does take more courage to stand up to a friend because they're your friend, once I stood up to a bully that was picking on my friend, the next day, my friend was picking on a kid, I didn't want to tell him to stop, but I did anyway beacasue the little guy was a 9th grader, and I didn't want him to get caught up in my friends business so I pulled my friend off of him and said sorry for the way my friend was acting, I told him the story on he got bullied, after the story, I asked my friend why he bulled the little kid. He said "Im tired of this stuff" I guess he was tired of the bullying that was affecting him as a person. So this school year, im trying to change my friend's life so he doesn't have a bad one
C. This stage introduces the main characters, setting, and initial conflicts of the story.
