The activity that helps Francie avoid telling lies is mindfulness. She is the protagonist of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." The book tells the story of Francie from the time she is 11 until she goes to college at 17. Although she struggles with many problems throughout the book (alcoholism, poverty, family problems, etc.) the novel ultimately contains a message of hope. The novel also discusses the dreams of immigrant families in the United States during the early twentieth century.
<span>-There are tremendous human costs in war.
-The sacrifices made in war are soon forgotten.
The poem personifies grass in a way that it is covering up all of the bodies and causing people to forget important sites of battle where so many people died. In the poem it says "</span>Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor:
<span> What place is this?" This shows that the grass has grown so much that the people passing by do not even recognize it, and the sacrifices people made there are being forgotten. </span>
E. The mixed language hints at the poet's inner conflicts based on her bicultural heritage.
To understand why is this the correct answer we need to know more about the autho Lorna Dee Cervantes.
"Of both Mexican and Native American ancestry, Cervantes is a member of a fifth-generation California family. Her parents, concerned about prejudices against Spanish-speaking citizens in the United States, strictly forbade the use of any language but English in the home as Cervantes was growing up. Cervantes's poetry often reflects this clash between her ethnic background and the American culture around her. As a way of reflecting her multicultural upbringing, the poet often makes use of both English and Spanish vocabulary in her poems."
* Freeway 280." Poetry for Students. . Encyclopedia.com. 6 Mar. 2019
The author in the poem does not want to celebrate her biculturalism but wants to express through the use of the two languages that she is internally in conflict with her identity and does not reject any of the two cultures she has. Mexican and American.
<span>The correct answer is: [B]:
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" This is the flag designer of whom I have spoken. "
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