Which excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” best supports the conclusion that books gave the poem’s speaker a sense of comfort and hope during her childhood?
There was a bookstore uptown on gay street Which I visited and inhaled that wonderful odor Even today I read hardcover as a preference paperback only As a last resort And up the hill on vine street (The main black corridor) sat our Carnegie library, Mrs. Long, always glad to see you But no lions or witches scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring
Answer:
But no lions or witches scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring
Explanation:
From this poem of "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long", the excerpt that best supports the conclusion that books gave the poem's speaker a sense of comfort and hope during her childhood is but no lions or witches scared me, I went through knowing there would be a Spring
This is because the poem's speaker most likely felt comfort and hope as she was not afraid of any lions or witches and she was comforted with the fact that she knew that there would be a Spring.
Answer:
All of your answer and it demonstrates how shocked and Afraid he is, Marley died along time ago and he is deeply afraid by this.
Why does Lennie carry a mouse in his pocket? He wants to be able to pet it with his thumb as he walks because he has a fascination with soft things that comfort him. ... George offers Lennie a pup in order for Lennie to be able to pet the pup without killing it.
1. The first paragraph describes him as being "in the Florida scrub." The reader can assume from the word scrub that the MacIvey family did not live in an easy environment. If the narrator had said farmland, one might assume that they at least had a decent garden crop and animals.
2. The MacIvey family faced problems from poor soil quality and harsh winter cold and rain to wild animals such as panthers, rattlesnakes, and pesky mosquitoes.They also lost their source of milk and butter in a panther attack.
3. The MacIvey's learned to survive by using the resources available to them. They used various plants and trees to make a shelter, furniture, and other household items. They found other options for food like cat tail roots for flour and honey for sugar. Even though their garden was not plentiful it still produced some vegetables they could can for the winter. They also relied on hunting for meat and trading in the animal pelts for lamp oil.
4. The end states that Tobias would one day get another milk cow and protect her this time. I believe that he will eventually be able to get his milk cow and there will be a situation where he will need to protect her from panthers.
