4. PART A: Which answer best describes Jim's mother

in comparison to the mothers in the "Sunday-school

books"?

The option that most adequately recounts the character of Jim's mother in relation to the mothers as they've been in "Sunday-school books" would be:

E). All of the above.

Thus, option E is the correct answer.

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E. All of the above

Explanation:

According to a different source, these are the options that come with this question:

A. Jim’s mother lacks religious faith, whereas the school book mothers are pious.

B. She is neither loving nor devoted to her son, whereas the school book mothers are.

C. She is healthy, whereas the school book mothers are always dying of consumption.

D. She physically hits him, whereas the school book mothers are gentle and affectionate.

E. All of the above

This question refers to the story "The Story of the Bad Little Boy" by Mark Twain. In this story, Twain talks about a boy who was very bad, but who never felt guilty, received a punishment or was particularly unhappy. According to Twain, this shows that the moral stories that we find in "Sunday-school books" do not reflect reality.

One of the elements in the boy's life (Jim) that did not resemble those stories was his mother. Jim's mother was not a sick and pious woman like those often found in such stories. Instead, she was tough, healthy and "stout." Moreover, she was not religious, and she did not worry about Jim in any way. Instead, she cared little for him and physically hit him, spanking him and boxing his ears.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."