Paragraph 1:
Montag's hands were grabbing the woman's books. Montag's hand took a book, which he crushed to his chest. Montag is afraid his hands will make him a thief. Montag's hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest. The men above were hurling shovelfuls of magazines into the dusty air. They fell like slaughtered birds and the woman stood below, like a small girl, among the bodies. Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief. Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish! Look here! Innocent! Look!
Answer:
Both glasses and crutches allow a person who is incapable of performing an action(i.e. reading and walking) to do so.
Explanation:
Answer:
B) "She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" (para
8).
E) "There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory"
(para. 23).
Explanation:
The detail(s) from the text that best supports the inference that all marriages of the late 19th century, even happy ones, were somewhat oppressive is option B and E.
This is because, based on the story, Louise is sad that her husband has died but she is relieved that she would no longer be oppressed and is now truly free.
Answer:
But has
Explanation:
it looks like a better option and sounds better in my head
Answer:
B. Animal Friend magazine says, "King penguins... have four layers of feathers to keep their bodies warm and toasty."
Explanation:
Using Ellipsis has to make the connecting sentences make sense.