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"To Roosevelt"
What connotative or figurative language develops the theme? : “You think . . . that progress is eruption”
“The United States is powerful and huge./When it shakes itself there is a deep temblor through the vertebrae of the Andes” --------Connotation of eruption is a volcano—suggesting destructive, not productive, power of the United States.
Without being aware of it, the United States’ actions may damage other countries.
The Squatter and the Don
How do the characters develop the theme? How does the plot develop the theme? : “’This is what I call business,’ said Gasbang,. . . ‘and all inside of the law. That is the beauty of it—all perfectly lawful.’”
“The stakes having been placed, Darrell felt satisfied. . . . All would be done ‘according to law,’ in in this easy way more land was taken from its legitimate owner. ------------Gasbang’s dialogue reveals that taking the Don’s land may be legal, but it is not ethical.
Darrell is only satisfied because he does not know the full story—he is actually taking land from a Californio.
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