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I think option a is the correct answer ...
My grandfather asserted me that I would be okay.
I would like to remember the fact that assert means to state something confidently.
Doggedness is an adjective meaning "persistent in effort, or stubborn"
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"Ralph becomes upset that he and Simon are doing all of the work, realizing that everyone else is “bathing, or eating, or playing.”
Depends on how you wanna start it
"Piggy criticizes the others for letting the fire spread outside the fire-pit by asking, “How can [they] expect to be rescued if [they] don’t put first things first and act proper?” This leads to a confrontation on the mountain between Jack and Piggy which Ralph must diffuse."
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