An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
"A national economic catastrophe"
In the passage<span>, ‘The Sand Reckoner” Marcus’s words about needing to disembark contribute to the plot because in paragraph 2 Archimedes is trying to play </span>mathematical games with Marcus<span>, but Marcus is trying to get Archimedes to be serious. He is trying to get Archimedes to understand there’s a war going on and he needs to focus and stop playing games. </span>
<span>Packing the abacus = </span>Facing reality<span>, and </span>seeing that a war is going on<span>, and Syracuse has protected itself. Focusing and attending to the tasks at hand. </span>
<span>Question 72 </span>
What does Archimedes realize about the Great Harbor that brings the story to its resolution/conclusion?<span>
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In my opinion, I feel that his “I had a dream” speech was for the future generations. Back in his day,there was segregation and black people were treated very wrong. He wanted his speech to touch peoples hearts so in the future,(now) there wouldn’t be what there once was years ago.
A. the headings and bullet points help organize the content in small pieces that are easy to take in.
