"The Feather Pillow" begins with a blond, young girl named Alicia, who had just recently been newly wed three months prior, in April, to an impassive man named Jordan. The young couple had moved into an almost empty house, which had little services to offer his housebound wife. Day by day, with little to do at home to keep her occupied, Alicia would occupy her time by waiting for her husband's arrival every evening. Soon, however, as seasons changed to autumn, the young girl contracted a mild case of influenza and began to feel languid. As the days followed, her symptoms did not subside, but became even worse. One day with the aid of her husband at her side, Alicia was able to walk around her garden, but unfortunately that was the last day. The following day she was too weak to even get out of bed. The doctors were summoned; unsure of the cause of her deteriorating condition they prescribed rest. The next day arrived, and Alicia's efforts to get out of bed were apparently becoming fruitless. Hallucinations began to plague her thoughts, which made the complications even worse. All that her worried Jordan could do was pace the floor frantically up and down by her bedside begging the doctors to save his wife's life. But with no prevail, the enigmatic doctors could not figure out what was wrong with poor Alicia. With no cure for Alicia's illness, the young wife died two days later. Preparing to wash Alicia's bed-sheets, the servant noticed two small, dark bloodstains. Trying to raise the pillow to the light to further investigate her findings, the heavy weight of the pillow caused it to crash on to the floor. Jordan picked up the pillow and placed it on the dining room table, where he sliced it in half. Beneath the feathers, there was a large parasite with a large proboscis. Within a period of only five days and five nights, this normally small parasite had made a feast of Alicia's blood, and had caused the newly wedded wife to die abruptly.
Answer: Johnny wants his friend Ponyboy to remain forever young in mind and spirit.
Explanation:
<em>The Outsiders (1967)</em> is S.E. Hinton's novel about the orphan boys - Ponyboy and his two brothers, Soda and Darry, and their teen gang called <em>'the Greasers'</em>. In the gang, there are four other boys: Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, Keith Matthews, and Steve Randle.
At the end of the novel, Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay gold." This is a phrase from "Nothing Gold Can Stay", a Robert Frost poem which Ponyboy recited in the old church. The theme of the poem, which is also present in the book itself, is that life is short, and one should spend their youth in a best possible way. What Johnny is trying to point out is that Pony should stay forever young, kind and innocent.
An implied argument is an argument which leaves us to draw the supposedly obvious conclusion for ourselves. Where an assumption on which the argument depends is not stated it is not readily available for scrutiny and therefore the fact that it is questionable or false can easily escape our attention. Similarly where a conclusion remains unstated the questionable connection between it and the reasons given for it remains out of view and may thus escape our critical appraisal. The problem with implied arguments therefore is that they involve a sort of mental sleight of hand that can fool us.
The answer is: <span> The repeated words highlight the idea that it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies.
Sometimes writers use repetition to emphasize points on their written work. In this example, the character is neither afraid to live nor die in the presence of his homeland. The repetition of words exaggerates his disinterest in both life and death.</span>
The main idea of the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address is:
The Southern states had no reason to worry for their personal freedom and well being.
<h3>Who was Abraham Lincoln?</h3>
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, when he was murdered.
The chosen option is the correct one because in the excerpt Lincoln explains how there were not reasons for the Southern states to fear for democracy.
I was able to find online the excerpt of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address and the options to choose from:
- The Southern states openly flouted and defied the laws of the Constitution of the United States.
- The Southern states were threatened by Lincoln’s fondness for the Northern states.
- The Southern states’ authority was dwarfed by the emerging Northern states of the Union.
- The Southern states handled their personal affairs of state in an immoral and unethical way.
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