Which detail from “A Cub Pilot” helps shape the central idea that if you believe in and trust yourself, no one should be able to shake your confidence? A. Mr. Bixby asks, “Didn’t you know there was no bottom in that crossing?” B. Twain says to Mr. Bixby the he can make the crossing “with [his] eyes shut.” C. Mr. Bixby tells Twain, ““I am going below awhile.” D. Twain tells Mr. Bixby that he couldn’t hit the bottom of the river “with a church steeple.”

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he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

from the count of monte cristo there are two synonyms of the word “grotto”. these words are chamber and cavern.