<span>Fred tries, unsuccessfully, to convince his Uncle Ebenezer to have Christmas dinner with him and his wife. Scrooge refuses, lecturing his nephew on the folly of celebrating Christmas. So Ebenezer is seen as agitated and careful about his actions and against happiness while Fred is more carefree go with the flow glass half full</span>
Answer:
Because some others have experienced racism.
Answer:
Ellie and the narrator are cousins.
Explanation:
The short story Jeremiah´s Song by Walter Dean Myers, starts by clarifying this relationship between the 9-yr old narrator and Ellie: <em>"I knowed my cousin Ellie was gonna be mad when Macon Smith come around to the house."</em>
Throughout the story. Ellie seems to have a distant relashionship with him, as he describes how she has changed since she went to college. She does not seem to have interest in spending time with him and do the things they used to do, like when he asks her to sleep with him, and she turns him down.
Ellie has grown and her interests are different now.
The Matter of France refers to stories of Charlemagne. Charlemagne, aka Charles the Great, was King of the Franks back in 9th century.
