In "the final assault," hillary explains how he and tenzing norgay climbed mount everest together.
how does norgay affect the outcome of the narrative?
a. without norgay's ability to belay hillary with rope support up the mountain, hillary would have been in grave danger of falling.

b. without norgay's assistance on the climb, hillary never would have reached the summit of mount everest by himself.

c. norgay encourages hillary to continue climbing after a thin crust of frozen snow breaks off, causing hillary to slide backward.

d. hillary follows in norgay's footsteps through a treacherous snowfield, making the climb easier for hillary.

B. Without Norgay's assistance on the climb, Hillary never would have reached the summit of Mount Everest by himself.

Explanation:

In this text, Edmund Hillary describes how he was able to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Moreover, he also tells us that he never would have been able to do so without the help of Tenzing Norgay. Norgay was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who accompanied Edmund Hillary on the climb. The two men were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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