Answer:Brill,.J.B.(2020).
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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.
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'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.
Estella is the main love interest.
AThe Christian church
BThe degenerates of society
CThe anti-moralists
DThose who succumb to passion
The anti-moralists
Answer: Option C.
<u>Explanation:</u>
"Morality as anti nature" is written by Friedrich Neitzche. According to this, anti natural morality is a pure mark of weakness.
The people who do not have will and passion in them are the ones who wish to eliminate their own passion because they are not very passionate to achieve what they want. These anti moral people ascribe stability to the reality.
Poetry can help users to develop a more acute sense of empathy.
