<span> B) The bed groaned when the dog jumped on it.
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Answer:
A. There is no sense dreaming about the future when you are unhappy.
Explanation:
Maya Angelou's biographical memoir "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is a story of her childhood strife with racism, her journey to self-acceptance, and freedom. This book deals with the life of a black girl amidst the racism and the importance of education and getting to know one's true ability and worth.
Maya's experiences during her childhood had always been about how she was perceived as a child, along with the trauma of being raped and racially discriminated. But with the emergence of Mrs. Bertha Flowers, she was given a lease of new life when she (Mrs. Flowers) taught her how to read and write. And the metaphorical image of the caged bird trying to escape her cage is that of Maya herself who wishes to escape the restraints of her life and do what she loves, be free of her confinement and discrimination from racism as a black girl growing up in America. And through her childhood experiences, <u>one main theme that she alludes or refers to is the importance of happiness in dreaming about one's future.
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Thus, the correct answer is option A.
Answer:
that best reveals the allegorical nature of this short story is option D. "With a shuddering impulse, that showed her a woman still, the widow clasped her skinny hands before her face, and wished that the coffin-lid were over it, since it could be no longer beautiful. "
Explanation:
The correct way to incorporate the quotation is A:
According to one source, " He [Abraham Lincoln] was a natural raconteur."
The double quotes are used in order to transfer the exact words of someone, so they need to be used before and after the phrase " He was a natural raconteur". The square brackets are usually used to add information that was not originally there, in order to clarify something. In this example, the writer wants to clarify that the personal pronoun "He" refers to Abraham Lincoln, so s/he adds his name using square brackets.
