Alice walker's mother had eight children and she worked as a sharecropper. She was poor but ensured all of her children were educated.
Explanation:
Alice Walker's mother had eight children and to feed them she had a very low paying work of a sharecropper which she did with her husband.
They were able to feed eight children and with their poor environment they still made sure that the eight children were able to get a proper education as Alice was the youngest out of them all and she received very good education.
This is something that Walker narrates as a big achievement of her mother and something because of which she became what she is.
Rainsford does not hold human life on the same level as animal life. For Rainsford hunting is a sport or a means to gain food, not a mere even to simply kill for the love of killing.
Zaroff's ideas counter this in that Zaroff has progressed to the point where killing humans, the most intelligent beings, has become a sport to him.
The bottom line is that the two men have different world views which influence their actions.
The correct answers are:
A) Popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today.
In this speech, President Reagan uses the ending of a popular novel of the '60s to help pose his question about whether history still has a place for America, her people and her ideals. He takes provocative questions written in an old novel and uses them to show important subjects that need to be addressed today.
B) Many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.
In his speech Reagan states that many americans have lost their faith in their country and no longer believe that it is a place for dreams and greatness. Theis people say that americans must "cut our expectations, conserve and withdraw"
D) President Reagan believed that John Wayne would argue that he was not the last American hero, because there are many more.
After the passing of the iconic Hollywood actor, John "Duke" Wayne, the headlines on the newspapers called him the "Last American Hero". Reagan, being a close friend of the late actor, stated that Wayne would've hated being called that, since he knew there were still many other heroes in America.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "B. The modernists preferred long lines of verse to short lines." The modernist poets' language differ from the traditional poetry is that themodernists preferred long lines of verse to short lines.
I would choose either c or d, but c seems more logical to me, given the author is stating the visitor's purpose through figurative language, I would assume they would have a more metaphorical purpose to their cause.
