Based on the given excerpt above from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa Lahiri, the part in which it is written using second-person point of view is this: Mainly they were winter items, things you would no longer need in India. When we say second person of view, the author uses pronouns to tell the story of another character. Hope this answer helps.
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- He found, as he often told my sister, broken horse-shoes (a "bad sign"), met cross-eyed women, another "bad sign," was pursued apparently by the inimical number thirteen—and all these little straws depressed him horribly.
- One day on coming back home he found one of his hats lying on his bed, accidentally put there by one of the children, and according to my sister, who was present at the time, he was all but petrified by the sight of it. To him it was the death-sign.
Explanation:
The two sentences listed above characterize Paul as a superstitious person. A superstitious person is a person who strongly believes in irrational things (for example, a belief in magic). Common superstitions include:
- if you break a mirror, you will have bad luck for seven years
- if a black cat crosses your path, bad luck awaits you
- if you open an umbrella inside your house, you will have bad luck, etc.
Paul, in these sentences, is presented as someone who believes that broken-horse shoes, cross-eyed woman, number thirteen, or his hat on the bed announce that bad things will happen. All of these examples suggest that Paul is a superstitious person.
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decrease the size and role of the federal government
cut funding to social, educational, and environmental programs
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increase access to Medicare benefits for Americans living below certain income levels
raise taxes and economic regulations
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When you go to a job interview it is best to be smartly groomed from head to toe.
