Answer:
Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Notes from a Native Son, the narrator describes driving to the graveyard for his father's funeral and how the "spoils" of injustice, hatred and anarchy were all around them.
The best explanation for Baldwin choosing to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word "spoils" is to imply that racial injustice ruined the day of his father's funeral.
Hi. You did not submit the text this question refers to. This makes it impossible for your question to be answered. However, when searching for your question on the internet, I was able to find another question just like yours, which had the text that is attached below. Also, show the words in bold, which in the case of the text, are underlined. In that case, I hope the answer below can help you.
Answer:
Annoyance: the author is pointing out a likely reason for the "guests" to come
Explanation:
A connotative meaning refers to a subjunctive meaning, not literal and different from the real meaning of the word, but associated with the context to which it refers, within the text. In the case of the expression "casual acquaintances" presented in the text shown below, we can interpret that this expression shows a connotative meaning of annoyance, where the author shows the presence of uninvited people who did not have the requested presence.
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Here's the answer: Araby</h3>
And now here's why, and the answer to another question:
This question is answered by this other question:
The narrator in <u><em>James Joyce’s “Araby”</em></u> dreams of romance before he visits the bazaar. Which statement best describes his feelings as he leaves the bazaar?
Thus the answer has to be "Araby" because the bazaar is only in this story.
This other question is asked in the same unit. These 2 questions answer each other:
Your question's answer: Araby
The other question's answer: The protagonist feels foolish because his romantic dreams have been shattered, but he still longs to feel the enchantment the bazaar once had for him.
Answer:
The most common definitions are listed first
Explanation:
Dictionaries are intended to be convenient, therefore they would put the most common definition first to avoid the reader to search through all the other ones.
The mood (or tone) of the prologue is considered as sombre, dark, macabre... since from the start we're being told that this story is going to be a story of love, death and loss.
