Second sentence as it is pertaining to his characteristics
<span>According to this excerpt from "Loneliness . . . an American Malady" by Carson McCullers, the paradox that people struggle with in life is that it talks about how Americans don't like to be lonely. There are a lot of people that do not want to be lonely. They want to be part of the "we" from their "I"</span>
Is this the excerpt you are referring to?
<span>In a smithy
one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze
plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam-
the way they make soft iron hale and hard—:
just so that eyeball hissed around the spike.
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If so, the use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps the reader understand how hot the spear actually is.
C. He<span> says that accepting life the way it is does not mean tolerating injustice.
This tone is clearly communicated through the passage, hope i could help. :)
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