How do the last two paragraphs contribute to the central idea of this passage? a. they show that douglass is smarter than most boys his age. b. they demonstrate that douglass is not willing to risk anything to learn to read. c. they demonstrate how desperately douglass longs to be free. d. they show that life for children is often more difficult than for adults.

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.