Answer:
B.) Discretionary Income
Explanation:
Even though gambling is bad, if you do gamble, its important to make sure that it is only if you have the money to do so. If you don not have the proper funds, either because you're barely scraping by or are unemployed the DON"T GAMBLE!
C) "During the 1300s, a secret passage helped free an English king who was taken captive by his enemies."
Explanation:
<u>A topic sentence must convey the idea of the whole paragraph.</u> <u>In that sense the paragraph here works on the idea of secret passages being historically significant</u> in the important events that changed the course of history.
Thus either the first sentence of the paragraph or this sentence fit the description stated above. Out of all the options given this statement directly refers to the theme and thus is the topic sentence.
Answer:
West Egg homes imitate old styles, while East Egg homes were made when those styles were first designed.
The narrator describes his first impressions of East Egg with light, dreamy imagery and those of West Egg with dark, shadowy imagery.
Explanation:
The setting of <em>The Great Gatsby</em> is very significant to the plot of the story. The story is about the lavish lifestyle and overindulgence that characterized the 1920s in America. The setting contributes to establishing this by highlighting the differences between West Egg and East Egg. West Egg is not as wealthy as East Egg, and the humble setting of West Egg is used to emphasize the decadence of East Egg. East Egg has older, grander homes. The area is also described with light, dreamy imagery, as opposed to the dark, shadowy one that is used to describe West Egg.
In the short story “The Gift of Magi,” the American writer O. Henry speaks about the feeling of love and the emotions related to it. The couple Della and Jim are so much in love with each other that they would sacrifice anything for their partner to be happy. Since they are poor, they both fall short in arranging money for the Christmas gift. Della wanted to buy a platinum chain for Jim’s watch, but her savings were not enough for the gift. Della decided to sell off her long hair and buy a platinum chain for Jim's watch while Jim sold off her watch to buy a beautiful comb for Della's beautiful hair. The last scene of the story reflects on their love for each other which is beyond the materialist nature of the world. Their sacrifice for each other made them the wisest people like Magi.
If the story would have been from the first person's point of view the theme of the story would have been a different one. The theme of love and sacrifice is present in the story between the couple when it has been told from a third person narrative. If from the first person's view the story is looked upon, then the theme of love and sacrifice would have been seen from the narrator's point of view and the other would be seen as a betrayer and a failure in love. Through third person's narrative, the sacrifice is seen from both the lovers' side. But if only one person's view would have been highlighted, then the story would end in distress and misunderstanding between them.
