Select response that best summarizes the information found in both texts. Gold is the Earth's greatest resource. People travel f
ar and wide in order to obtain gold. California is home to the greatest amount of gold in the United States. Traveling to California is extremely easy, especially by boat. Those who want to take a more majestic and scenic route should choose to travel by covered wagons. In the mid 1840s many people made the difficult journey to California in an attempt to strike it rich. The discovery of gold made the West a popular destination. People traveled 2000 miles across the country in covered wagons facing terrible weather conditions. Those who chose to travel by boat also faced treacherous sea conditions. Unfortunately, even those who did find gold did not become instantly wealthy because of the costs of travel and living accommodations. Prospectors had to face John Sutter and James W. Marshall, who were not happy that people were invading their land. They watched people arrive from Hawaii, Mexico, Peru, Chile, and China, searching for gold. Many American men also caught gold fever and came with dreams of wealth and prosperity. If prospectors stayed, they had to pay a lot of money. Prospectors who traveled by boat faced seasickness, boredom, storms, and dangerous currents. Those traveling overland passed through rivers and endured horrible weather conditions. Once prospectors arrived in California, they faced the hard work of digging through rocks and standing in cold water to pan for gold. Many lived in tents by the river or in violent mining camps.
The correct answer should be "it forces the reader to pause, emphasizing the calm of the snow." because the tone of the poem is peaceful and content, not choppy and nervous
A sound of thunder is used to represent the T-Rex steps and Travis’s gun. The two things that cause giant turns in the story.
The butterfly Eckels kills is easy—the butterfly effect. Also, butterflies represent freedom, a freedom he killed when his actions changed the outcome of the election.
The path they’re supposed to stay on is written destiny. It’s the path that needs to be taken in order to get back to their normal lives.
The bullets represent the disturbance of the past, and future, all at once.
