The desire to gain "invisible strength"
Amy Tan opens the story saying, "I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy
for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it
at the time, chess games." She talks about how gaining this "invisible strength" is one of the benefits of her chess playing. This isn't just mentioned in the first paragraph, but is shown again when she says, " I discovered
that for the whole game one must gather invisible strengths and see the endgame before
the game begins." She likes that chess has all these secrets that must never be told, and prides herself on learning these as she continues to get better.
Answer:
The answer is: Gainsborough and Reynolds
Explanation:
Thomas Gainsborough-was an English portrait and landscape painter.
Sir Joshua Reynolds - was an English painter, specializing in portraits.
They both painted the Duchess of Devonshire and Mrs Siddons.
The tone used in "Sixteen" and "Through the tunnel", is about someone that tries to prove something to somebody else.
The theme used in both novels, is the eager to prove their worth to someone but for "Sixteen" is the need to prove herself to the reader and on the other hand in "Through the tunnel", the character is trying to prove himself to another boys.
The setting is about overcoming the adversity, individualism and finding their true potential.
Both characters try to impress somebody else and grow in the process.
The plot on both stories is about finding courage, the motivation to move forward.
In both novels the point of view we can see it as a "first person" type.
The conflict is trying to stand up and make themselves note and be appreciated by others.
Answer:
1The main idea would be "Scientists have lots of evidence to explain why dragons don't exist."
2. Emphasized by the evidence and word choice related to scientific evidence
3. The main idea would be "I have always wondered if dragons existed, and I hope they did."
4. Displayed through the author's nature of questioning and evaluating different kinds of evidence and ideas.
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