Owen speculated on the possibilities: what would it be like to come up to bat? to swing and bat the baseball above the outfield barrier? what would it be like to sprint around the bases with the ball in play like a motivating wind at your back?

in paragraph 4, what point is owen making when he talks about the ball being a motivating wind at his back?
a) playing the game would be very difficult.
b) the weather would be perfect for playing.
c) george was the fastest runner on the team.
d) running around the bases would be exciting.

D. It's very exciting running the bases because you could be thrown out when trying for an extra base. It is a race between you and the fielder. Will you beat that ball to the fielder's glove? The man in the example sounds like someone who is disabled and doesn't know what the experience feels like. To play baseball is at least ten times more exciting than watching it!

1.) is true

2.) is false

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.