In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Irving is saying that the values in American society lie in the wrong place chosing wealth and financial prosperity over the well-being of others.
Irving sees America becoming greedy and warns the reader not to follow Tom Walkers ´s path that led him to exchange his soul to the devil blinded by his ambition for money.
This statement reflects the popular themes of individualism in the romantic era. The American romantics believed that a man's choices decided his fate. Washington Irving shows how Tom chooses the wrong direction that led him astray from the true values of humanity.
It affects the story because it makes it more objective. Passepartout doesn't have a personal bias in the matter and doesn't have anything to prove so he doesn't react impulsively and affectionately. You can use this idea and expand it a bit to get the two necessary paragraphs. Be sure to add citations from the actual book.
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Select the correct definition of the word derided based on the context of the following line from James Joyce’s “Araby.”
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity
rebuked
mocked
saddened
motivated
Answer:
The correct definition for the word "derided" based on the context is:
B. mocked.
Explanation:
As a matter of fact, there is no other option for the word "derided". To deride means to make fun of, to ridicule, or to express contempt for. Among the alternatives provided, the only one that has a close meaning to that is letter b. mocked. What the speaker is saying is that, even though vanity motives him, it also makes fun of him.
Araby is a short story by author James Joyce, published in 1914.
Answer:
That withstands winter wind
Explanation:
An adjective clause is an dependent clauses. A dependent clause consists of a group of words containing a subject and a verb. But still it is not a complete sentence as alone since it does not give full meaning unless it is joined with an independent clause. In English language, an adjective clause begins with a relative pronoun such as that, where when, etc. In this sentence, "that withstands winter wind" is the complete adjective clause.