Answer:
The given lines are taken from the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
Explanation:
Zora Neale Hurston's <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em> tells the story of African American women trying to survive in the world of the white authority. The narrator Janie tells her friend Phoeby about her three husbands and the life she had to live, trying to survive.
The given passage is spoken by Nanny/ Janie's grandmother after her first marriage to Logan Killicks. And for Nanny, the union was a successful deal done, with land and a lawful husband, and all things that white women have. The passage reveals Nanny telling her granddaughter how a man and a woman should love equally. A man must have his pride and love a woman right, not kiss her foot and leg. Just like Nanny said <em>"when dey got to bow down tuh love, dey soon straightens up</em>". If he's kissing her foot and leg, meaning treating her too well, then there's only a short time when he will get back to his usual self.
Answer: Alternative D - Greedy
Explanation:
Some synonyms: avid, greedy, hungry, grasping, rapacious, ravenous
Answer:
The answer is B - She is white, middle class, and a native English speaker.
Explanation:
The correct answer is 2.
<em>"The land of the living was not far removed from the domain of the ancestors. There was coming and going between them, especially at festivals and also when an old man died, because an old man was very close to the ancestors."</em>
<em>Ogbuefi Ezeudu</em> is an ancient and wise man in the Umuofia tribe. Because of his age and experience, he was the keeper of the knowledge and conveys information to the other tribes.
When Ezeudu dies, people announced his death with a special musical instrument. They did so because Ezedu was a respected warrior who has three important titles in the tribe. His funeral was fastuous, with music and guns.
<em>Chinua Achebe</em> is the writer of the novel "Things Fall Apart".
The reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British is that the colonies can create a great navy out of its own resources.
Thomas Paine also believes that the youth of the colonies is an advantage of the colonies over Britain because the colonies as a young nation has less to lose than Britain.
