1. How does the author develop the speaker's point of view? By contrasting his beliefs with his parent's beliefs
By illustrating his thoughts through analogies
By using an internal dialogue to convey his feelings
By using conversations with others to reveal his wishes
Read the sentence from paragraph 9,

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.