6. Which detail from the text best supports the idea that Garner's decision to kill her daughter
came from her great love for her?
[RI 1.1]
A. "Margaret Garner, seeing that their hopes of freedom were vain seized a
butcher knife that lay on the table, and with one stroke cut the throat of her
little daughter, whom she probably loved the best." (Paragraph 3)
B. "She then attempted to take the life of the other children and to kill herself, but
she was overpowered and hampered before she could complete her desperate
work." (Paragraph 3)
C. "Margaret seemed to have a different nature; she could see nothing but woe for
herself and her children." (Paragraph 10)
D. "Her sorrow was beyond the reach of any words of encouragement and
consolation, and can be realized in all its fullness only by those who have tasted
of a cup equally bitter." (Paragraph 10)

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.

i would say the bible, because the bible is true and it gives you hope, happiness, and peace for the future and it gives you answers if you have questions, along with stories, and how the world is going to end