Answer: A - it reveals that matildas experience at austere hall has changed her.
Explanation:
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In this excerpt, Odysseus is compared to a bat. The excerpt features a simile that states ""I sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough."" In the first person, Odysseus is comparing himself to a bat that is trapped. He has no way to escape. His circumstances are foreboding, and his prospects are dim."
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Read Abalone, Abalone, Abalone, by Toshio Mori
Why does the author describe the extent to which the narrator is puzzled by mr. abe’s collecting?
Why does the author describe the extent to which the narrator is puzzled by Mr. Abe’s collecting?
A. To give insight into the narrator’s culture
B. To explain the narrator’s relationship with Mr. Abe
C. To establish the narrator as unreliable.
D. To make the narrator’s later shift in understanding more significant
Answer: D. To make the narrator’s later shift in understanding more significant
Explanation:
At first, the narrator highlights how much he´s intrigued about why would Mr. Abe keep collecting and polishing abalone shells since his front porch was practically full of them already. This initial mystery becomes more significant when the narrator finds an abalone shell, understands the reason for that practice, and starts a collection of his own.