“For instance,” continued the boy, “if you happened to like deserts, you might not think this was beautiful at all.” “That’s tru
e,” said the Humbug, who didn’t like to contradict anyone whose feet were that far off the ground. —The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster Use the drop-down menu to answer each question. Why does Alec, the boy, believe that not everyone will find the view to be beautiful? Why does the Humbug agree with Alec?“For instance,” continued the boy, “if you happened to like deserts, you might not think this was beautiful at all.” “That’s true,” said the Humbug, who didn’t like to contradict anyone whose feet were that far off the ground. —The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster Use the drop-down menu to answer each question. Why does Alec, the boy, believe that not everyone will find the view to be beautiful? Why does the Humbug agree with Alec?
The pronoun me used in the sentence is under the objective case (A) or
object pronouns. Object pronouns specify the recipient of an object or action. Some
typically used object pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you, and them. It
is normally use after a verb or preposition
In this sonnet, Shakespeare’s simile in the first line is a contrast where one thing is not like or as something else. He wrote, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.”
