Literature Classics

Ona's midwife, when Ona was in premature labor with her second child...
She was a midwife.

Sally does. Reread "Linoleum Roses" for more information.

"Robinson Crusoe" does not contain the exact phrase "How merciful can your great Creator." It's possible that you may be misremembering or confusing the quote with another passage in the book.

The man takes down the picture of his wife because he feels guilty about bringing bad luck upon himself by not catching any fish. He believes that having the picture up is a reminder of his misfortune and wants to change his luck by removing it.

Jurgis's father, who travels to America with the rest of the family. A proud man, Dede Antanas is prevented by his old age from obtaining a job through normal means. He has to resort to the humiliation of paying a man a third of his wages in return for a job, whose unsanitary and unsafe working conditions destroy his health

father of the groom---A+ FOOL!!

The wares vended at Vanity Fair represent the materialistic and superficial desires of society, often symbolizing vanity, greed, and indulgence. They can also be seen as a reflection of the characters' moral shortcomings and the consequences of their pursuit of wealth and status.

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What plot element is this reading passage from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Jr an example of Tonight in Chicago there are a hundred thousand children wearing out their strength and blasting their lives in the effort to earn their bread! There are a hundred thousand mothers who are living in misery and squalor, struggling to earn enough to feed their little ones! There are a hundred thousand old people, cast off and helpless, waiting for death to take them from their torments! There are a million people, men and women and children, who share the curse of the wage-slave; who toil every hour they can stand and see, for just enough to keep them alive; who are condemned till the end of their days to monotony and weariness, to hunger and misery, to heat and cold, to dirt and disease, to ignorance and drunkenness and vice!

The plot element shown is the central conflict.

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Realize that out upon the plains of Manchuria tonight two hostile armies are facing each other--that now, while we are seated here, a million human beings may be hurled at each other's throats, striving with the fury of maniacs to tear each other to pieces! And this in the twentieth century, nineteen hundred years since the Prince of Peace was born on earth! Nineteen hundred years that his words have been preached as divine, and here two armies of men are rending and tearing each other like the wild beasts of the forest!

allusion

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Tonight in Chicago there are a hundred thousand children wearing out their strength and blasting their lives in the effort to earn their bread! There are a hundred thousand mothers who are living in misery and squalor, struggling to earn enough to feed their little ones! There are a hundred thousand old people, cast off and helpless, waiting for death to take them from their torments! There are a million people, men and women and children, who share the curse of the wage-slave; who toil every hour they can stand and see, for just enough to keep them alive; who are condemned till the end of their days to monotony and weariness, to hunger and misery, to heat and cold, to dirt and disease, to ignorance and drunkenness and vice!

The term that least describes the mood of this passage is dauntless.

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What sort of a man was he? And what sort of thing was this, anyhow?"--So all at once it occurred to Jurgis to look at the speaker.

It was like coming suddenly upon some wild sight of nature--a mountain forest lashed by a tempest, a ship tossed about upon a stormy sea. Jurgis had an unpleasant sensation, a sense of confusion, of disorder, of wild and meaningless uproar. The man was tall and gaunt, as haggard as his auditor himself; a thin black beard covered half of his face, and one could see only two black hollows where the eyes were. He was speaking rapidly, in great excitement; he used many gestures--he spoke he moved here and there upon the stage, reaching with his long arms as if to seize each person in his audience. His voice was deep, like an organ; it was some time, however, before Jurgis thought of the voice--he was too much occupied with his eyes to think of what the man was saying. But suddenly it seemed as if the speaker had begun pointing straight at him, as if he had singled him out particularly for his remarks; and so Jurgis became suddenly aware of his voice, trembling, vibrant with emotion, with pain and longing, with a burden of things unutterable, not to be compassed by words. To hear it was to be suddenly arrested, to be gripped, transfixed.

metaphor

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And then turn over the page with me, and gaze upon the other side of the picture. There are a thousand--ten thousand, maybe--who are the masters of these slaves, who own their toil. They do nothing to earn what they receive, they do not even have to ask for it--it comes to them of itself, their only care is to dispose of it. They live in palaces, they riot in luxury and extravagance--such as no words can describe, as makes the imagination reel and stagger, makes the soul grow sick and faint. They spend hundreds of dollars for a pair of shoes, a handkerchief, a garter; they spend millions for horses and automobiles and yachts, for palaces and banquets, for little shiny stones with which to deck their bodies. Their life is a contest among themselves for supremacy in ostentation and recklessness, in the destroying of useful and necessary things, in the wasting of the labor and the lives of their fellow creatures, the toil and anguish of the nations, the sweat and tears and blood of the human race!

The rich led irresponsible and extravagant lives, or the rich paid too much money for the goods they bought.

In "Gulliver's Travels," the yahoos searching for diamonds symbolize humans engaging in meaningless pursuits and materialistic desires. It reflects Swift's criticism of society's obsession with wealth and status, emphasizing the folly of chasing after superficial goals while ignoring more meaningful aspects of life.

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He lived again through that day of horror when he had discovered Ona's shame--God, how he had suffered, what a madman he had been! How dreadful it had all seemed to him; and now, today, he had sat and listened, and half agreed when Marija told him he had been a fool! Yes--told him that he ought to have sold his wife's honor and lived by it!--And then there was Stanislovas and his awful fate--that brief story which Marija had narrated so calmly, with such dull indifference! The poor little fellow, with his frostbitten fingers and his terror of the snow--his wailing voice rang in Jurgis's ears, as he lay there in the darkness, until the sweat started on his forehead.

This reading passage is an example of which element of the story plot?

central conflict

The mood of this passage seems reflective and introspective. Jurgis is contemplating his actions and possibly experiencing self-doubt or regret.

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He saw the world of civilization then more plainly than ever he had seen it before; a world in which nothing counted but brutal might, and order devised by those who possessed it for the subjugation of those who did not. He was one of the latter; and all outdoors, all life, was to him one colossal prison, which he paced like a pent-up tiger, trying one bar after another, and finding them all beyond his power. He had lost in the fierce battle of greed, and so was doomed to be exterminated; and all society was busied to see that he did not escape that sentence. Everywhere that he turned were prison bars, and hostile eyes following him; the well-fed, sleek policemen, from whose glances he shrank, and who seemed to grip their clubs more tightly when they saw him; the saloon-keepers, who never ceased to watch him while he was in their places, who were jealous of every moment he lingered after he had paid his money; the hurrying throngs upon the streets, who were deaf to his entreaties, oblivious of his very existence-and savage and contemptuous when he forced himself upon them. They had their own affairs, and there was no place for him among them. There was no place for him anywhere-every direction he turned his gaze, the fact was forced upon him. Everything was built to express it to him: the residences, with their heavy walls and bolted doors, and basement windows barred with iron; the great warehouses filled with the products of the whole world, and guarded by iron shutters and heavy gates; the banks with their unthinkable billions of wealth, all buried in safes and vaults of steel.

central conflict

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In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, under penalty of freezing to death. Day after day he roamed about in the arctic cold, his soul filled full of bitterness and despair. He saw the world of civilization then more plainly than ever he had seen it before; a world in which nothing counted but brutal might, an order devised by those who possessed it for the subjugation of those who did not. He was one of the latter; and all outdoors, all life, was to him one colossal prison, which he paced like a pent-up tiger, trying one bar after another, and finding them all beyond his power.

Summary choices:

A The most important possession for a man is a good conscience

B Only the strong survive

C Treat others the way you want to be treated

D It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

B Only the strong survive.

But I'd say, in Jurgis' viewpoint, only those who are rich or well-off and who possessed the world, were the strongest, for everyone else was trapped, powerless, in a cage where, "trying one bar after another" he found "them all beyond his power".

When Jurgis finally found his family after being separated for months, he discovered them living in a run-down apartment with barely enough to eat. The family was struggling to survive, and the children were sick and malnourished. It was a heartbreaking scene that highlighted the harsh reality of their circumstances.

The author used a sympathetic and tender tone towards little Stanislovas as he told Jurgis about the struggles and hardships faced by the family. There was an underlying sense of compassion and empathy in the author's portrayal of Stanislovas.

The theme illustrated in this passage is the idea of resilience and perseverance despite adversity. Jurgis standing upright symbolizes his determination to overcome challenges and maintain his dignity in the face of difficult circumstances. It highlights the human capacity to endure and strive for a better future.

He gives her a broken record called Little Shirley Beans.

While at Miss Havisham's house, Pip is introduced to Estella, whom he falls in love with. He experiences feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt due to Estella's haughty and condescending behavior towards him. Pip's encounter with Estella ignites his desire to improve himself and aspire for a higher social status.

The phrase "Open Sesame" allowed Ali Baba to enter the cave of the forty thieves in the story "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from One Thousand and One Nights.

In the beginning, the pearl symbolizes hope and promise for Kino and his family. In the middle, it leads to greed, jealousy, and violence as people try to take it from him. By the end, the pearl has brought tragedy and loss, causing Kino to realize the destructive power of greed and materialism.

hes worried confused

he thinks his dream has come to an end

hopes thatg eorge will come and sort it all out

afraid that george would want to leave him alone

HES THINKING TO HIMSELF

scared of george

The marooned mariner in Treasure Island was named Ben Gunn. He was a former member of Captain Flint's crew who had been abandoned on the island for three years before the events of the story.