(10) So Peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place
to get a meal. There were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and Peter wanted an easy one. There are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; Peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale. What is the main idea of paragraph 10? A) There are jobs Peter could get, but he doesn’t qualify for any of them. B) Peter is desperately hungry and will do anything to find something to eat. C) Peter has no direction and is searching for someone who can help him out of his dilemma. D) Peter is proud that he uses his brains rather than his brawn, and he would rather go hungry than settle for a manual labor job.
A hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis. The athlete didn't actually <em>tear</em> down the road, but a reader can tell that he was running as fast as he could so he could take first place.
What are the "two opposing forces: King discusses in this section? How does King's discussion of these two forces serve his purpose? King discusses the force of complacency and the force of bitterness and hatred to show how oppression has affected the block community.
