I inferred this to be the paragraph where the expression was taken from;
"No, the romance and the beauty were all gone from the river. All the value any feature of it had for me now was the amount of usefulness it could furnish toward compassing the safe piloting of a steamboat. Since those days, I have pitied doctors from my heart. <em>What does the lovely flush in a beauty's cheek mean to a doctor but a "break" that ripples above some deadly disease? Are not all her visible charms sown thick with what are to him the signs and symbols of hidden decay? Does he ever see her beauty at all, or doesn't he simply view her professionally, and comment upon her unwholesome condition all to himself? And doesn't he sometimes wonder whether he has gained most or lost most by learning his trade?."</em>
<u><em>Explanation</em></u>:
There is a reasonable possibility that the expression "<em>break</em>" is referring to a break or shift in perception a doctor may have for a patient who has a lovely smile but is suffering from a deadly disease.
In other words, what he sees may trigger a mental shift in his perception, which is highlighted on the statement made further in the paragraph which says; "Are not all her visible charms sown thick with what are to him the signs and symbols of hidden decay?." Meaning the Doctor has gotten a "break" and thus no longer sees the beauty in the patient.
Since Paine’s words are more complex compared to simple phrasing, I don’t think the quote is an aphorism.
I do believe that the quote has a metaphor, since Paine uses the words “link” and “chain” to convey a message of connection/relationship or similarity.
I think that quote also has parallelism because the ending relates to the beginning, and, in a sense, drives home the message of the beginning part.
“Answer”: C. I and II
Please ask questions if you have them. I’m okay at literature. XD
At the Finch house, Walter and Atticus discuss farm conditions “like two men,” and Walter puts molasses all over his meat and vegetables, to Scout's horror. ... At home, Atticus follows Scout outside to ask her if something is wrong, to which she responds that she is not feeling well.
In this story, "My sister's keeper", the main character Anna, is the keeper because she must donate organs and blood to her sister to keep her alive.
The dependent clause would be : “since he was not there,” because the phrase on its own is incomplete .
