Read the excerpt from notes from a native son.

but this did not mean that one could be complacent, for the second idea was of equal power: that one must never, in one’s own life, accept these injustices as commonplace but must fight them with all one’s strength. this fight begins, however, in the heart, and it now had been laid to my charge to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair.

which best explains the excerpt’s role in the problem-and-solution structure of the passage?

the excerpt presents the solution to a minor problem in the passage.
the excerpt sets up a secondary problem to be addressed by the passage.
the excerpt presents the solution to the overarching problem in the passage.
the excerpt sets up the overarching problem addressed by the passage.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

Recommend four ways in which a person should approach conflict resolution in order to sustain healthy relationships

Select the correct sentence. a. i feel well about starting my new classes this semester. b. despite her inexperience, helen did surprisingly well in the gymnastic competition. c. justin has a great sense of humor and can tell a joke really good. d. that tie looks well with your shirt.