The sentence showed the part of the story where Marilyn is making letters for her family. She wants her brother to remember only the positive side of her. This is a paraphrase of the sentence. "She paused from time to time to think carefully on what words to say for her family, then she continued to write her letters."
<span>Jonathan Swift used "Book Three" of Gulliver's Travels to satirize the Dutch because of William's connections with Holland. William of Orange was king of England in the 17th century and he lived in the Netherlands/Holland for a long time before coming to England to claim his rightful throne. Swift wasn't really a fan of this which is why he wanted to satirize the whole affair in his novel.</span>
<span>The moment in Oedipus the King where Oedipus realizes he killed his father and married his mother is called anagnorisis, which is a moment in a play when a character makes a critical discovery.</span>