Twain is informing people aboutn how young kids are being pushed to do things they dont want to do. As in peer preasure, cleanrly this young boy should not be smoking or chewing tabacco but he tries because of the people laughing at him about not being able to chew tabacco. Mark Twain is conveying a former problem that we still have but do not acknowledge anymore. This happening will not just affect an individual, but everyone around.
<span>Debacle is a sudden and violent collapse. The "debacle in Russia" refers to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Thus the time period of the story is the five or six years between 1917 or 1918 and 1923, a time at which Russian Communism reduced the privileged life of the noble to a level at or near the life of the Russian proletariat.</span>
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
—“The Road Not Taken,”
Robert Frost
Use your knowledge of the extended metaphor. What can you conclude about the speaker based on this stanza? Select all that apply.
The speaker made a choice about which life path to take.
The speaker is still debating which direction to go with his life.
The speaker’s choice changed his life.
The speaker’s choice was random.
The speaker had a reason for his choice.
Answer:
A
C
E
Explanation:
An extended metaphor is a type of metaphor that uses a single analogy at a sustained pace in a story or narration.
Based on “The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the speaker made a choice about which life path to take, the speaker’s choice changed his life and the speaker had a reason for his choice
