Langston Hughes's stories deal with and serve as a commentary of conditions befalling African Americans during the Depression Era. As Ostrom explains, "To a great degree, his stories speak for those who are disenfranchised, cheated, abused, or ignored because of race or class." (51) Hughes's stories speak of the downtrodden African-Americans neglected and overlooked by a prejudiced society. The recurring theme of powerlessness leads to violence is exemplified by the actions of Sargeant in "On the Road", old man Oyster in "Gumption", and the robber in "Why, You Reckon?"
<span>Hughes's "On the Road" explores what happens when a powerless individual takes action on behalf of his conditions. The short story illustrates the desperation and consequent violent actions of one man's homeless plight on a snowy winter evening.</span>
<span>Mrs. Brandeis' friendly personality helps her to succeed in business. Because she listens to the salesmen's troubles, they like her. I think this is the key ter succeeding in business that she is friendly, sociable and with an open mind so discusses things with her salesmen and is open to entertain their suggestions.</span>
Answer:
The type of organization structure Machiavelli uses int he passage is: compare and contrast.
Explanation:
In the passage we are analyzing here, Machiavelli first establishes that he will talk about Spartans and Romans. That being done, he initially offers information only about the Spartans. Then, he moves on to offer information about the Romans, comparing their actions and decisions to those of the Spartans. This is a typical compare and contrast structure, more specifically a block structure. All information about one of the elements is offered. Then, all the information about the other elements is offered. The purpose is to find similarities or dissimilarities between them.
Yes, it is.
an alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row, or close together, have the same first consonant sound.