The theme developed in both stories which represents a life lesson, and coincides in Marigolds” and “First Love”, deals with the meaning of emapthy and love while we are growing up. In a general sense, empathy is defined as the human ability to understand and share the feelings of another while love is an intense feeling of deeper affection. These two feelings are brought to light by the authors of both stories in different ways and, through their main female characters whose ages are before their adulthood.
When comparing the stories, the plots used by the authors coincide in two important items. The first one is the age of the main female characters who are in the childhood and, the second is that they believe that empathy means to love someone. While the main character of Marigolds thinks that destroying Miss Dottie’s marigolds symbolizes the antipathy, felt by the rest of her friends, to this lady; the main character of First love believes that the first empathy kiss received from an elder man means He is in love with her. The conflict of both stories is solved at the end, when the females regret the things they did during their childhood.
In Marigolds, she regrets her behavior, stating:
“In that humiliating moment I looked beyond myself and into the depths of another person. This was the beginning of compassion”
In First love: she recgnized how mistaken and innocent she had been to think that the boy was deeply in love with her, she stops to be a child.
D) all of them correctly connected the independent clause with the dependent clause
something she gave him probably reminded him of something bad from his childhood
Answer:
A. The story suggests that being honest with oneself is more
satisfying than material wealth
Explanation:
here is a really important clue:
"While she enjoys the perks that come with her success, she
hates having to continue the sham of being so obnoxious
and longs to show her "fans" who she truly is."
Let's look at each statement:
A. <u>The setting of this story is good things can come, even in difficult situations.</u> True. This is a message of hope we can draw from Leo's story.
B. <u>This story is set in the future.</u> False. Leo mentioned "American World War II pilot". It means that the story takes place in that period of time (in the past).
C. <u>The setting of this story may affect the main character's values and actions.</u> True. The pilot still found great joy with some local orphaned children after a hard experience. It means that the meeting has changed the main character.
D. <u>This story does not have a geographical setting.</u> False. Leo mentioned "on a remote jungle island near Japan."
