Answer: indecisive about killing the old man.
At this point in the story, the narrator is about to kill the old man. He has opened the door and is staring right into the old man's eye. He realizes the man must be really scared, as his heart was beating very loudly. The sound of the man's heart made him nervous, and he struggled to carry out what he had planned. This shows that at that moment, he was indecisive about killing the old man.
Answer:
This is a declarative sentence.
Explanation:
Declarative sentences are those that aim to pass on information, expose something that has happened or is happening. This sentence can also be considered a comparative sentence, as it compares the emotion expected to be felt by the narrator and the emotion that the narrator actually felt in relation to the joke in the classroom.
The sentence also has a dependent clause "what was meant to be" that needs a complement to make sense and get a message across. This complement is the clause that is established immediately afterwards, ending the sentence.
Answer:
We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.
Explanation:
Being naive simply means that one lacks experience and knowledge or critical thinking regarding the world around him.
The narrator, being young and naive, can not fully understand all the difficulties that surrounded building of the bridge. All he can understand is that people said it couldn't be done, but they've done it and he sees that as something special, out of this world experience.
He shares other people's happiness and is satisfied that he and his family are able to walk on that special bridge without being able to comprehend all the effort and obstacles and sacrifices endured for the bridge, that represents national pride, to be built.
