The author's purpose in this excerpt was to describe the struggle and necessity of their tent.
<span>Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poet from the 1950's. The poem refered to in this case is "To the Oracle at Delphi" The lines given to examine are "1)Why are you staring at me now
2)as if I were America itself the new Empire 3)vaster than any in ancient days 4)carrying its corporate monoculture 5)And tell us how to save us from ourselves 6) who would make a plutocracy of our democracy 7)between the rich and the poor" The line that show his view of modern society in America is line 6. </span>
Answer:
Sacrifices in this novel can be very small things – choosing not to buy little luxuries, for example, like Christmas presents. The March girls have learned how to sacrifice, but not how to do it cheerfully.
Explanation:
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Loretta, despite her alcoholism and subservience to Iggy, a gang boss, is sympathetic towards Max because of his low station in life. At first, she is only concerned with keeping herself safe first from Iggy's anger and then from Kenny Kane, Max's father, who is violent and bad-tempered. When Loretta discovers that Kenny is keeping Max tied up, she tries to help him escape:
"Keeping your own kid tied up, it ain't right. He ain't the man I thought I remembered, that's for sure."
Loretta thought that she remembered Kenny being a better man, but is shocked out of her obedience by this cruel act. She still has some humanity, despite the abuse she suffers from Iggy and Kenny, and so she tries to redeem herself in a small way by helping Max. Her actions are selfless and she almost dies for standing up to Kenny.
