Having been taken as a prisoner to a Gulag, the protagonist is sick and starving. When he is offered an opportunity to escape, he says he will agree to the plan if he is given a can of condensed milk. At this point, hunger is the motivation he reveals:

Envy, like all our feelings, had been dulled and weakened by hunger.

I fell asleep and in my ragged hungry dreams saw Shestakov’s can of condensed milk, a monstrous can with a sky-blue label.

Once he receives a couple of cans and drink their contents, the protagonist backs off, saying he is not going to escape after all. At this point, his motivation is revenge:

It was, of course, a weak, worthless act of vengeance just like all my feelings.

He know the escape plan is a trap, so he deceives Shestakov by pretending to be a part of it only to get the condensed milk.

NOTE: I know the question asks for only 2 - 3 sentences, but I felt the need to offer some context. Feel free to edit this answer.

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3 years ago

To Kill a Mockingbird

katovenus [111]

Explanation:

The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book’s exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. The novel approaches this question by dramatizing Scout and Jem’s transition from a perspective of childhood innocence

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3 years ago

3. There are__________ eggs in the basket, but there isnt _________butter.

ycow [4]

1.many
2.any
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2 years ago

What phrase/s in the following sentence should be emphasized to convey emotion? But what happened to freedom of expression; did

Whitepunk [10]

Answer:

Explanation:

Suddenly disappear. That conveys the thought that something so dramatic happened to society that the first amendment is gone. That should stir every American into finding out what this sentence is about. The first amendment is the backbone of American Democracy and should not ever be ignored.

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3 years ago