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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.
It depends on which version you watch/read. The two movies I have are by two different people, and in one, she screams AND eats cake. in the other, she screams and talks to herself.
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ok so first let's discuss what is an allusion an allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning explicitly, so basically for example quoting a movie
so in the situation Dr. King is in hes in Jail trynna motivate the ppl to rise up, and he mentions the Boston tea party because it was against the law BUT the right thing to do because of the taxation
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<em>(E) relating it to the words mesmerized audiences</em>
<em>Not sure tho, Good Luck! =)</em>
D, because they use satire to expose the moronic corruption of a single person or society using humor, irony or exaggeration to pull in readers who would probably never read it if they hadn't used satire. <span />
