Answer:
Updike has carefully brought the meaning to the poem and to the character by naming him Flick, which means a quick and sudden movement.
Explanation:
'Ex-Basketball Player' is a poem written by John Updike. The poem is about a character named 'Flick Webb' who used to be basketball star in his high school but now serves as a gas station attendant.
<u>The poem brings the meaning that one should not remain the past glory of life and must move on</u>. Flick used to be a basketball star in his high school but after that moment of life gets over he is just 'Flick' who, now, should think of life ahead of him. But he remains stick to his past glory.
"Flick' means a <u>quick and sudden movement</u>. By naming the character 'Flick', Updike brings out the message that life goes on in a flick moment of time and thus one should remain prepared for it. But, in the poem, 'Flick' was not prepared for life ahead and remained a slave of past glory as an 'Ex-Basketball Player.' Because 'Flick' perceived that his glory will remain forever, he never learned other skills to help him for his future, that's why now he serves as a gas station attendant.
The answer is B) He makes every effort to solve the case.
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Often times when we study the Civil Rights Movement, we focus on well-known individuals like MLK and Rosa Parks. But in reality, the success of the Movement was a combination of group and individual actions of people who really committed to fighting for the rights of African Americans.
There were powerful organizations that participated in the movement such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) or the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights(LCCR) who played an important role in the process.
There were also other major events that are marked as important hiatus in the story of the civil rights moments. I am talking about the Greensboro sit-ins, the March on Washington, or the Salma to Mongomery Marches.
Regarding Rosa Parks, let's remember that Rosa Parks was the woman arrested in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. She denied giving her seat to a white passenger in a bus. That was the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
