At this surprising change of my circumstances, from a merchant to a miserable slave, I was perfectly overwhelmed; . . . for now the hand of Heaven had overtaken me, and I was undone without redemption; but, alas! this was but a taste of the misery I was to go through, as will appear in the sequel of this story.

Based on the context of this excerpt, what does the phrase "hand of Heaven" convey about the time in which this story was written?
A. It points out that the people of Defoe's time believed that everyone had free will to choose his or her own destiny.
B. It suggests that people of Defoe's time believed that they had very little control over their lives.
C. It shows that the people of Defoe's time asked for God's blessing only when they knew that it would be granted.
D. It indicates that the people of Defoe's time cared little for what Heaven would want them to do.

When we see “the hand of Heaven” appear in the excerpt, it is in the context of the narrator having been enslaved and attributing the misfortune to fate (or the hand of Heaven). That said, it can be discerned that people believed their lives were predestined.

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rahulsharma789888 rahulsharma789888 · Answer 2 · 2022-01-12T11:49:14+01:00

The Term of hand of heaven was the famous book written by the John Harder and he was born in Kitchener , and he was graduated from the London college .

The correct and most suitable statement from the given passage is B and that is It suggests that people of Defoe's time believed that they had very little control over their lives.

Explanation :

The hand of the heaven is the horror creature made by the go and it was visible once in the hills, the creature is mainly bad for the bad peoples and it also show them the gate of heaven .

The hand of Heaven was compared with the God Jesus and people believe in Jesus and when ever they were in trouble they prey to the god and problem get the resolved.

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