Equiano describes an incident in which the white sailors catch some fish, eat their fill, and then toss the uneaten fish back into the sea, instead of offering them as food for the starving Africans. Those Africans who tried to get some of the discarded fish were flogged. Why do you think the sailors acted this way? What does it say not only about how they felt about a resource such as food but also how they felt about the Africans on board? Your response should be at least 150 words.

Europeans sailors acted in that way because they considered African Americans to be property that could be bought, sold, flogged,mistreated and even killed. they did not think that African Americans were people who had rights but only a tool or merchandise

Explanation:

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.