The phrase "she turned white for just a moment," from the short story <em>The Gift of the Magi</em>, means she was afraid of something. In this case, she was afraid of her husband Jim's reaction.
She didn't have money to buy him a Christmas present, so she decided to sell her hair for 20 dollars. Later on that day, when she noticed her husband was arriving to the house, she got worried that he would think she wasn't pretty anymore.
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I believe it is the last choice, "and dares to claim the sky..."
It shows that the bird has a daring, or brave character.
~Elisabeth
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A strategy she should use is to annotate and to make notes as she reads. If she doesn't know words or about the topic she can look it up or ask an adult/friend.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, being the <em>African American</em> leader advocating civil rights.
Explanation:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, thence, studied Theology doctorate by 1955. After to which, organized his first protest, being influenced by M. K. Gandhi, as <em>Montgomery Bus Boycott</em>.
Racial segregation was highly advocated against by him in his protest as <em>civil disobedience with non violence</em>. Later, his orator ship gained him the support.
March towards Washington was his next move, in 1963, and a year later, <em>24th amendment was ratified and Civil Rights Act was codified and enacted</em>.
in the same year of 1964, he was awarded the <em>Nobel Peace Prize in the month of October.</em>
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D) Establish an independent cultural identity
Explanation: Not wanting to follow in China’s footsteps, Japan needed to distance itself from the political and cultural practices that they had inherited from China in order to survive as a country.
