"Cloudy Day" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is to show how there can always be sunshine on a cloudy day. Meaning that no matter how bad things are, it could possibly b worse, so we should always be optimistic.
The purpose of the flashback is to show how the speaker has changed from the start of his prison time to the end.
As shown in this excerpt from the story, " ...the wind in my face gave me the feeling I could grasp the tower like a cornstalk..." (Lines 15 & 16) This quote shows that even though he was in the prison he still felt powerful.
Answer:
Paragraph 1
Explanation:
The setting is defined as the description of the time, place, or circumstance in which the event or action took place in the narrative. The first paragraph informs the readers that the characters are 'stuck on the couch' and unable to 'believe the storm' that has come in. They expected themselves to be surfing but this storm has marred their plan. Thus, paragraph 1 informs the readers about the circumstance and the time in which the action is being narrated.
By comparing himself to the figure of Lazarus, Prufrock is engaging in something of a life-death narrative. In his imaginary conversation with the woman he seems to be addressing the poem to, Prufrock imagines himself saying "I am Lazarus, come from the dead"<span> where Lazarus lying dead in the tomb is like Prurock engaging in his self-made </span>universe (the poem)<span>. Lazarus returns from the land of the dead</span><span> to tell others of f his experiences just as Prufrock imagines himself coming out of his thoughts - which might be drug induced - to tell of his imaginings. </span>
B.) "<span>The passage states that it has been 11 months and 9 days, showing the reader how long the boy has been in Africa and how the boy has changed in that time."
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