But in the main, I feel like a brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall. Against a wall in company with other bags, white, red, and yellow. Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a jumble of small things: priceless lengths of string, a key to a door long since crumbled away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two still a little fragrant. In your hand is the brown bag. On the ground before you is the jumble it held-so much like the jumble in the bags, could they be emptied, that all might be dumped in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. Perhaps that is how the Great Stuffer of Bags filled them in the first place-who knows?What statement best describes the author's meaning of the phrase "a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail?"
Correct answer: A. Life presents hardships that will test the mettle of any individual
- A. Life presents hardships that will test the mettle of any individual
- B. There are times in life when a curved object is a better tool than a straight one.
- C. Planning will help the individual have the correct equipment for the job at hand.
- D. People tend to keep items that are no longer useful
Explanation
The phrase "a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail" effectively illustrates that life can bring about hardships that are difficult to bear, which aligns with the idea that life tests individuals.
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