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Updike has carefully brought the meaning to the poem and to the character by naming him Flick, which means a quick and sudden movement.
Explanation:
'Ex-Basketball Player' is a poem written by John Updike. The poem is about a character named 'Flick Webb' who used to be basketball star in his high school but now serves as a gas station attendant.
<u>The poem brings the meaning that one should not remain the past glory of life and must move on</u>. Flick used to be a basketball star in his high school but after that moment of life gets over he is just 'Flick' who, now, should think of life ahead of him. But he remains stick to his past glory.
"Flick' means a <u>quick and sudden movement</u>. By naming the character 'Flick', Updike brings out the message that life goes on in a flick moment of time and thus one should remain prepared for it. But, in the poem, 'Flick' was not prepared for life ahead and remained a slave of past glory as an 'Ex-Basketball Player.' Because 'Flick' perceived that his glory will remain forever, he never learned other skills to help him for his future, that's why now he serves as a gas station attendant.
Correct answer would be equivocate!:)
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I am the greatest man you have never known. And for the last six years, I have been held prisoner by the state—sentenced, without trial, to torture without end
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the person who u trust most
The correct option is C. Going to college shows that Mr. J.P. is smart and that he works harder than Fanny’s brothers do.
In the excerpt, the narrator says that Mr. J.P. has proved to be superior at University which means that he has gone to college. Moreover, the narrator also states that he is a scholar and that Fanny's "idle" brothers would "ill bear a comparison" with him. The narrator implies that Fanny's brothers are lazy because of the word "idle" used to described them. Moreover, by saying "ill bear a comparison", the narrator implies that if you compare Fanny's brothers and Mr. J.P., Mr. J.P. would definitely have more positive traits and characteristics than Fanny's brothers.
