<span>D. The speaker cannot believe that something terrible has happened when everyone is so happy.</span>
Answer: Vanity
Explanation: Vanity is excessive pride in one’s achievements and / or appearance. In the passage, the protagonist grew more in love with herself and her pride is described as darkening, which means it became something negative. Vanity is considered negative while self-love and self-admiration are positive when you experience them in healthy amounts.
I agree with the question above since it is true that the
prosperity of the Boom years led to the extravagant life styles for the wealthy
which eventually led to the collapse of the wall street stock market.
<span>The 1990s economic </span>boom<span> in the United States was a period of economic profitability.</span>
Long John was very kind to Jim who loved to watch in his kitchen to earn his trust and respect. His greed and ambition for money made him cruel and ruthless, in order to get what he wanted he was capable of doing anything. One night Jim heard Long John talking to some of the crew members who were a pirate gang and told them to obey the captain until they got to Treasure Island and let the doctor find the treasure and do all the work and later he and his gang would steal it and kill them all.
