Answer:
a). He cannot agree with his wife on what crop to farm.
Explanation:
Mr. Shimerda was the father of Antonio. He is characterized as the most tragic character of the story. He lives a short yet a life of legacy. The key problem that he suffers is the disagreement between him and his wife on deciding the appropriate crop to be farmed. His wife was a greedy woman who harassed him and move to New world from the wilderness of Nebraska. This makes him homesick and he eventually leads to his end.
Original diction refers to words or phrases that do not necessarily exist in real languages, but are rather created by a particular author for a particular piece of literature. Having this in mind, the correct answer here is III "Lapuntah," given that it is a word that Swift made up for his "Gulliver's Travels."
Answer:
B.
Explanation:
Because he wants to help his mother but is unable to
This question refers to the short story "The Talking Skull".
Answer and Explanation:
<u>In "The Talking Skull - A Fable from Cameroon" by Donna L. Washington, the theme concerns how thinking too highly of yourself and talking too much can bring you trouble. The author uses the character of the talking skull to teach that lesson</u>. The skull is found by a man who considers himself a scholar and who talks and talks about things that are only important to him, but that no one else wants to hear. <u>When he asks the skull "What brought you here, brother?" or, in other words, what caused its death, the skull immediately replies, "Talking."</u>
The man does not pay attention to what the skull is saying. He only cares about the fact that its talking. <u>The skull makes it clear that not everything is worth saying</u>, but the man does not listen. He tries to make the skull talk in front of the villagers, but no avail. He is finally thrown out by them since they are tired of his ideas and talks. The skull once more talks, only to remind the man that not everything is worth saying.
The answers are: light, joy, and leisure.
