Rieux remarks that the disease will some day again gather up its rats and "send them forth to die in a happy city." What could he possibly mean by using the word "happy" here? Does he mean the city is happy before the plague business starts? Or is the city somehow blessed (and therefore made "happy") by receiving the pestilence? How could this be?

Read the paragraph from nick’s personal narrative. standing alone in my family’s barn, i thought about how much hard work and time my parents had invested—how much hard work and time we had all invested—in maintaining a fully operational farm. i did not remember a time when my clothes had not reeked of manure or my hair had not held fast to brittle pieces of straw. what would happen if my parents had to sell the farm so we could move closer to my grandparents? just as i was attempting to imagine a life in the city, a sudden commotion erupted and interrupted my thoughts. with animals squawking and dust flying, i scrambled to pinpoint the source of this unexpected intrusion. in seconds that felt more like minutes, i was successful . . and i could scarcely believe what my eyes were seeing. which element of a personal narrative would be best for nick to include next?

Which link would readers of this dictionary entry click if they wanted more information about the historical origins of the word language

Which of the following story descriptions most directly shares themes with the passage above