Explanation:
"The Story of an Hour" was written by the famous author, Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin was a famous American author. She wrote many short stories and novels.
In her short story, 'The Story of an Hour', she narrates the feelings and the emotion of a wife when she heard the news of her husband's death in an accident.
The word 'absolutely' is used as procession or moving forward. When Louise Mallard heard of her husband, Brently's death she was shaken and was in grief. The thoughts of the passing life and moving on was haunting to her. She knew that after her husband's death the sorrow and loneliness she will get only belongs to her completely. This is the bitter truth.
Thus this is the meaning of the word 'absolutely' in the story is.
Absolutely means completely or totally or with certain.
Answer:
People im modern world are distracted by illusion and are confused and empty from inside. They have moved away from reality. It is only through care and love for each other that they will be able to survive. Also, people need to focus on quality of information to stay away from illusion
Explanation:
The Sieve and the Sand is a short story by Ray Bradbury.
Dover Beach is a poem by Matthew Arnold.
Both talk about how people have changed over the period of time and have moved away from reality of this world.
Answer:
It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.
Explanation:
In Sonia Nazario's "Enrique's Journey", the protagonist Enrique left home on a quest to find his real mother who had left him to work in America. Feeling a sense of abandonment from his mother Lourdes, leaving him in Honduras, and his beloved uncle's death compelled him to try to reunite with his mother no matter what, thus his journey.
The given passage is from the chapter "Staying Awake" where Enrique along with others were atop the moving train trying to get to America. The excerpt reveals how those on the roof of the trains were targeted by the gangsters operating around the area. The vulnerable people end up being the target of these gangsters who are involved in illegal criminal activities, with the "<em>forgiving</em>" nature of the police in Chiapas. The author's use of the word "prowl" supports the dangerous manner in which these gangsters are involved, leading further to the suffering of others.
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the tarp was flat on the ground