Answer:
Their purpose to help us answer the following questions, as well as helping us interpret and understand literary works:
1. What do we read?
2. Why do we read?
3.How do we read?
Answer:
Monsieur Ratignolle's reaction to Arobin's remark reveals:
D. Monsieur Ratignolle is a traditional family man, unable to understand Arobin's unconventional choices.
Explanation:
In Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", characters Monsieur Alphonse Ratignolle and Alcée Arobin seem to function as each other's foil. That is, they are each other's opposite, one seeming to enhance the qualities of the other precisely because of such difference.
<u>Arobin is a womanizer - a Don Juan type. He has a more carefree way of viewing and facing life. As a matter of fact, he becomes the main character's - Edna - lover. On the other hand, Monsieur Ratignolle is a role model of character and faithfulness. He and his wife seem to represent the ideal married couple. Ratignolle is regarded by his community as an example of integrity.</u>
With that in mind, we can easily choose letter D as the best option: Monsieur Ratignolle is a traditional family man, unable to understand Arobin's unconventional choices.
Answer:
D). In Heart of a Samurai, Manjiro is faced with grave dangers, such as finding enough food to survive and swimming to the boats filled with barbarians.
Explanation:
The last choice most aptly revises sentence 3 as it is grammatically and lexically coherent. <u>The use of commas after the introductory prepositional phrases and before the beginning of examples('such as....barbarians') is appropriate which clearly signifies the separation of words/phrases and makes the meaning more clear and evident for the readers to understand</u>. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
