Meaning of the story?
a. crusoe's struggle with his own personality is something that other
characters in the story do not have to deal with.
b. crusoe's struggle against his own personality is an example of a
character battling his flaws and weaknesses.
c. crusoe's struggle against nature is an example of a character
trying to survive by fighting forces greater than himself.
d. crusoe's struggle with his desire to go to sea develops the theme
of an individual fighting against social forces.
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The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced