Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “It tastes like liquorice,” the girl said and put the glass down. “That’s the
way with everything.” “Yes,” said the girl. “Everything tastes of liquorice. Especially all the things you’ve waited so long for, like absinthe.” In at least 150 words, distinguish between what is directly stated in the passage, versus what is really meant.
What is really stated in this passage is that absinthe tastes like licorice, and that everything else that a person waits a long time to try also tastes like licorice. What this passage actually means, however, is that things are better (or seem better) when you wait for them. For example, a driver's license is not an extraordinary thing in itself, but it seems so much better when a person has had to wait his or her whole life to obtain it. The freedom of being on the road may even also be described as "sweet"- like licorice.
The things that people wait for in life (unless they are food-related, technically) do not actually taste like licorice, but it relates the literal action of the story to the figurative meaning behind it by relating to the reader's understanding that things seem sweeter when they have been looked forward to for a long time.
Amazing but maybe add something like " if you're being bullied the person/people bullying you are most likely jealous of you or they are having a tough time themselves "
In the last hundred years, became much easier and more comfortable. In the 19th century, it took two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip was very rough and often dangerous. The situation changed a great deal over the last century. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
