Which evidence from the text "lake titicaca" by miguel ángel asturias supports the inference that lake titicaca's waters must have special powers? "waves of gigantic, seamless mass from the cretaceous that become, at the height of the american world, the fairest crown of water: titicaca." "mineral water. other american lakes have vegetable waters. the sun knows it. and it is not a heavenly body, but a foundry in the west." "water in which the armor of the incan empire’s conquistadors has not rusted. and it has been entombed already for centuries in its profound vase." "i saw, as the sun was setting, the conquistadors’ steel shadows sink in search of the city of gold, hidden by the waters of this andean sweet-lake sea."

The evidence from the text "Lake Titicaca" by Miguel Ángel Asturias which  supports the inference that Lake Titicaca's waters must have special powers is:

According to the complete text, we can see that the author is talking about the Lake Titicaca and how special it is. He uses  the supernatural to explain why the vase has not been rusted after many years.

As a result of this, we can see that there is a connection between the water in the armor of the Inca empire's conquistador which have remained the same for many centuries without any apparent damage or rust.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C

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"Water in which the armour of the Incan empire’s conquistadors has not rusted. And it has been entombed already for centuries in its profound vase."

Asturias is describing Lake Titicaca, a body of water located between Peru and Bolivia. He claims that the armours of conquistadores can be found there, but that these have not rusted, even though they have been in the lake for centuries. This would be extremely unusual as metal normally rusts when in contact with water. If this claim were true, it would indicate that Lake Titicaca has special powers.

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”