I met Sarah in a Uber and she was my driver to St.Petersburg. I felt really anxious talking to her after all she’s just another stranger. She has dark black hair, a smile that brightens the night. I asked her how long she has been an Uber for as a conversation starter. She then said:”I only started about a week ago. It’s been really tough lately for me and my roommate on campus.” I felt quite bad for her. She works two minimum wage jobs and on top of that she works as a Uber. As soon we arrived at my grandmas apartment I gave her a tip of $20. She thanked me and said that it’s going to help her tonight. Right when I was about to leave the car, I forgot something: her phone number. I ran back to the car and asked her. I woke up realizing it was all a dream. I took my medicine and went to the kitchen for breakfast. I turned on the tv and the news came on as usually at 7 in the morning. There was a hostage situation in a Uber at 6:30. The news paper came in.
The headline for today was:”After all this, I realized that I owed it all to her” those were the last words of a emotionally disturbed man after taking his life on camera.
Answer to Question 18:
I believe the answer is B: he never ate vegetables, but now he loves them.
Answer to Question 19:
I believe the answer is B: beautiful while also being unique.
Explanation to Question 18:
The <em>ate </em>in the sentence clarifies that he used to never eat vegetables, but now he does.
Explanation to Question 19:
<em>Unique </em>in the sentence is clarifying that the uniqueness of the home's furniture is positive, so it's not beautiful or unique; the furniture is beautiful and unique at the same time.
1. pair- two; a set
2. petal- part of a flower responsible for its colour
3. pear- a fruit
4. for- a preposition or conjunction
5. pare- to peel the skin of a fruit or vegetable
6. right- that which is correct or just
7. rain- water that comes from the sky in drops
8. rein- a long leather strap attached to a horse's mouth and used to guide it
9. reign- a sovereign's rule; period of a sovereign's rule
10. four- a numerical unit indicating something is one more than three
11. rite- a ceremony
12. pedal- a lever operated by a foot that promotes locomotion
13. write- to construct letters or symbols using a pen or pencil
14. peddle- to go from place to place selling things
15. fore- before; the front part; warning used in golf
Tellez effectively creates a suspenseful atmosphere and setting to lay out the theme first by establishing to the reader and “the man” are not allies (something seemingly not known by “the man”, then adding to it by his masterful use of contrast. Tellez clearly establishes that the two characters are not on the same side when the narrator remarks to himself, “He went on talking. He evidently took it for granted that I was on the side of the existing regime.” (Tellez, 1). This occurs when Captain Torres (“the man”) enters the shop requesting a shave and begins discussing his plans for the captured rebels. Furthermore, this assessment by the narrator also makes apparent that he thinks Torres does not know he is not oh his side. By doing this, tension and suspense is generated between the two characters, although it appears that only one is aware of what has transpired.
