Humorous? Do we have multiple choice?
Answer:
Yes, Mandisa is correct in saying that Mxolisi is a product of his own environment.
Explanation:
Mother to Mother is a book based on real life event happened back in 1993. The book is written by Sindiwe Magona. Amy Biehl was killed a few yards away from her home. She came to South Africa to study. She was murdered by Mxolisi, the narrator's son. The book is written in epistolary form by Mandisa to Amy's mother.
<u>Mandisa is correct in saying that her son, Mxolisi is a product of his own environment. Mxolisi himself chose the environment where people, who radicalized him before the crime were the same who shamed him after the crime. Mxolisi joined the Young Lions group, who was responsible for circling The Girl's car, which led Mxolisi to murder her.</u>
Answer:
The excerpt that provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station is:
D. "He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights."
Explanation:
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story revolving around the conflict between the two main characters. <u>They are a couple - apparently, unmarried -, and she is pregnant. However, their lifestyle will be greatly affected if she has the child. They live an easy life, comprised mainly of traveling and drinking, as the excerpt reveals:</u>
<em><u>"He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights."</u></em>
<u>The passage above reveals they travel a lot in each other's company. We do not know much about their lives besides that revelation - what their professions are, why they have the means to travel so much, etc.</u>
She is tired of such a life. She sees it as meaningless, pointless. He, on the other hand, does not want to be disturbed or concerned by the existence of a child. He defends the idea that they are happy the way they are, and that nothing should change.
The writer of "The Instinct that Makes People Rich" interprets the Midas myth as the story of a man who could not fail.
Chesterton, however, says that Midas DID fail. He starved because he could not eat gold.
Chesterton says that success always comes at the sacrifice of something else, something "domestic." (By this he means that, yes, a millionaire has money but will lack something else, like love or friendship, etc.) He says that people who think Midas succeeded are just like the author of the article -- both worship money.
Chesterton says that worshipping money has nothing to do with success and everything to do with snobbery.
