1. The Allusions in this poem are all famous historical battle sites. Austerlitz and Waterloo are two famous sites of battles led by Napoleon in the 1800s. Gettysburg is a famous site where there was a pivotal battle during the Civil War. Ypres and Verdun are both places where battles were held during World War I. All of these battle sites mark areas and moments of significant bloodshed, which relates to the overall idea of the poem that even the most gruesome history can be brushed over, and can produce growth. The grass in the poem wishes to cover the death and the darkness left behind by tragedies such as these.
2. Grass is personified in this poem. It continuously speaks throughout the poem (a human quality), and says "Let me work". Doing work is seen as a predominantly human activity, which also lends to the personification of the grass.
3. This is mostly an opinion question, but it could either be argued that either:
- Yes, this is contradictory, because there are all of these tokens that cover over the land where this tragic event took place, turning it into a tourist site, rather than a solemn gravesite
or
- No, because these memorial items <em>represent</em> the loss that happened at this site, and pay homage to it, so that the battle and lives lost are <em>not </em>forgotten.
Answer:
1) At the beginning of the story, Grey was really annoyed with his father because he gave him a strict condition which was if he doesn't pass his mathematics exam in school, he will not be allowed to join the basketball team. Greg was fed up with his father's constant lectures, this was the reason why he ran out of the house under the rain to an abandoned building.
2) At the end of the story Greg learned that he father meant well for him by asking him to read hard inorder to pass his exams, he learns to appreciate his father the more and also to valuable their relationship.
3) Greg learned about Lemon Brown's most priced treasure which was an harmonica that his son took with him to war to always remind him of his father. Lemon Brown's son valued the relationship he had with his father.
Answer:
“God knows I been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will!”
Explanation:
The excerpt from <em>Everyday Use </em>that best infers the value that Momma places on the quilts is “God knows I been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will!” which clearly shows that she has been saving it for a long time because she values it.
Value is placed on a thing when it is saved from regular use so it can still retain it value.
