Answer: mythos
Explanation:
“Myth” is derived from the Greek word mythos, which can mean tale, or story, ... to the discoveries of science, whose truths continually change, myth, like art is eternal. ... and their analogies between myths of primitive tribes and classical myths.
McKay personifies America as a woman who feeds him "bread and bitterness" and who sinks her "tiger's tooth" into his throat. By using the pronouns she and her to refer to America, McKay turns the concept of a country into a person who can cause the narrator harm even while he loves her. The effect of this personification turns the relationship between the narrator and his country into a more personal relationship, full of the conflicting emotions that come along with loving a person.
Based on the excerpt is that tom is clearly ignoring his aunt's remorse on purpose. It is stated that he knows that a "yearning glance" was upon him but he refused to recognize it that is to acknowledge it. He even goes so far to imagine denying his aunt what she wants to hear even on his deathbed.
What are talking about? ( not being rude)
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
