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In this passage, Willis is expressing that literature is a message from the past telling us about the lives of those before us. We are told that these messages are trying to tell us how we live and how we die based on others experiences. Willis tries to explain this through a concerned, yet passionate tone that urges us, the readers, to learn from the mistakes and the fortunes of the lives of people before us. We can only do this through literature, as it is the gateway to seeing how the world works.
Answer:On April 12, 1861, just before Federal supply ships could reach the ... Abraham Lincoln struggled to contain the “fire in the rear” during the Civil War.
Explanation:
The two lines in this excerpt tht reflect those themes are:
"To make us wish that we were in his place.
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This line explains perfecty the mentality of “the grass is greener on the other side”. Because its explicitly saying "we" are wishing to be in someone else place, meaning people are never satisfied with their own situation; they always think others have it better.
"Went home and put a bullet through his head."
This phrase makes reference to the theme of dissatisfaction.
The poet says about the poetry that poem should be read slowly and understood well over a period of time.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The poem "Unfolding bud" has been written by a Japanese poet whose name is Naoshi Koriyama. The poem compares the growing and the flowering of a water lily to the process of the understanding of a poem.
The poet in this poem says that it is very important that in order to understand the poem well, the poem should be read slowly and understood over a period of time.
Answer:
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Explanation:
I think this is the answer because I looked up the definition and it says the word means expensive
