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read the passage and study the image from sugar changed the world.
the owners of a sugar plantation built a home - called the great house - usually high on a hill, where the tropical breezes blew. the open windows provided a kind of air conditioning, making even the hottest days more pleasant. these grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, and their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. a plantation owner was a kind of god or king, ruling over his empire of sugar.
in the great house the owners could sit on the verandahs, rest their legs on special chairs made for pulling off high rubber boots, drink their rum swizzlers, while their slaves labored on hundreds and hundreds of
how does the illustration relate to the description of a great house in the text?
the text describes the purpose of a great house, but the illustration shows only the enslaved peoples quarters.
the text describes the enslaved peoples quarters of a great house, but the illustration shows only the great house.
the illustration shows what a great house looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a great house looked like from the inside.
the illustration shows an empty great house, while the text explains that wealthy plantation owners lived mostly in their european residences.
The text describes the interior of the Great House (high - cool rooms, polished mahogany furniture, servants moving between buildings etc.). An illustration would typically show the exterior of a building (its architectural features from the outside). So, the illustration shows what a Great House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a Great House looked like from the inside.
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The illustration shows what a Great House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a Great House looked like from the inside.