"on the anniversary of the revolution, the streets filled with truckloads of bearded men on their way to the mountains to celebrate. a man with a loud speaker walked along our street announcing the treachery of the yanquis. i was listening inside my grandmother's house. suddenly his voice changed." the author includes the description of the revolutionaries in the streets in order to
a. explain the dangerous setting.
b. show the narrator's awe of the situation.
c. the reader understand what niña feels.
d. show niña's courage and friendship.

The author includes the description of the revolutionaries in the streets in order to show Nina's courage and friendship.

Option D

Explanation:

The setting seems to be in a very dangerous place where a revolution is happening followed by protests. The protestors are against the government of United States of America. While the protest procession was passing by their house, Nina goes outside when the protestor yells that he and his group are not against the citizens of the United States of America but rather against its government only. Nina faced them fearlessly, which shows her courage.

thats harsh

explanation:

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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