I NEED HELP Read the excerpt from stanzas 3 and 4 of "The Turtle.”

It isn’t even hers but came to her
in the rain or the soft wind,
which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.

She can’t see
herself apart from the rest of the world
or the world from what she must do
every spring.
Crawling up the high hill,
luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin,
she doesn’t dream

Based on what is happening in this part of the poem, the repeated "s” sound most likely relates to

A the natural flow of the turtle’s actions.
B the turtle’s difficulty building a nest.
C how the turtle views the seasons.
D how the sand feels to the turtle.

"The Turtle", written by Mary Oliver, is a short poem that belongs to a collection of works by her titled Dream Works. I most of these poems, but particularly "The Turtle", Oliver seems to be reflecting on the truth of man, who people really are, through her observations and reflections on nature itself. It is almost as if the way that nature and its creatures act and behave, are a reflection of the inner workings of man. "The Turtle" is literally a poem that reflects on the instict of animals, in this case, a turtle, in their inhability to think and their drive to simply act on instincts, despite anything that might be going on around them. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can change or stop instinct and the turtle acts blindly following said force. In this case, the repetition of the "s" sound comes at a specific point in the poem, and it is where the poet makes emphasis on the instinct that drives the turtle naturally to act the way she does, without any concious thought from it. This is why the correct answer is: the natural flow of the turtle´s actions.

the correct answer is "pioneers carried all of their possessions on long and dangerous trails".

the first wave of pioneers travelled in 1842. they were merely 100 people. the next year that sum climbed to 1000 men, women, and children. these people travelled around 2,000 miles to oregon in the hopes of a better life. although the first part of the trip didn't present many obstacles, as time and miles went by they learnt that threat came from simple things, like becoming ill due to unclean water or bad food.

the weather didn't much, as wagons couldn't protect them from storms. as they travelled through the desert, the intense heat caused wood to shrink. their own lips abscessed and split because of the dry air. the only cure for this was to rub axle grease on their lips.

even crossing rivers was dangerous. sometimes wheels were damaged by unseen rocks on shallow water. mud didn't much either. pioneers were afraid of indian attacks, but there aren't many records of fights between pioneers and native americans. accidents happened because of negligence, exhaustion, guns, and bad weather.

history says that 1 of 10 pioneers who travelled to oregon didn't survive the journey. diseases spread fastly because they didn't have doctors and medical care was ofently improvised. one of the most deadly diseases they came upon was cholera, which became a worldwide pandemia.