In the first seven lines, to what is hughes comparing a stairway with "tacks in it, and splinters"? -the carpet on the stairway -the other people that live in run down housing -the son -life

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answer; (d) i believe the best answer is ; ///people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier- than-air machine;