Refers to the pattern of continuity and change in human capabilities that occurs throughout the course of life.

Answer is development.

Explanation:

Development is a word with a positive connotations. It has different meaning depending on the way it is used.

Development usually refers to or means growth. It means when things changes and become more advanced. It also tends towards people realizing their full potentials.

It can also mean a new perception about an event that has happened before.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.

the octopus by frank norris