Answer:
The tone of the story was changed to the tone of joy with the use of 'flower of Truth' metaphor in paragraph 33.
Explanation:
"A Matter of Prejudice" is a short story written by Kate Chopin. The story is about the prejudices that Madame Carambeau had and how her prejudices were washed with a warm touch of a little girl, who came to be recognized as Madame's granddaughter.
Madame Carambeau was filled with many prejudices but her prejudices were challenged when a small girl came rushing in her private space on the eve of her grandson's birthday party. The girl was suffering from fever, though Madame was prejudiced against Americans, she nursed the child with a care of a mother. The soft and warm touch of child bore a seed with her innocence in the heart of Madame Carambeau. It was this seed sown by the child's innocence that helped Madame to see her prejudices. This revelation or confrontation by Madame to her own prejudices is called the 'flower of Truth' in the story.
<u>After this 'flower of Truth' bloomed, the tone of the story changed into a joyful tone. Madame Carambeau overcame her prejudices, attended an American church service and also welcomed back her son, who was banished from her house because he married an American girl. It is at this point, the readers and the characters in the story come to know that the child whom Madame nursed was none other than her granddaughter</u>.
Answer:
A piano
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Explanation:
James Weldon Johnson's fictional "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," tells the story of a biracial man and his 'journey to understand and accept his identity. The story deals with themes of race, acceptance, and understanding one's real identity.
While the narrator seemed confused about who his real father is and why he is not with them, he also gets to meet him and even shows his musical prowess. A couple of weeks after he met his father for the first time, he got a piano delivered to their residence. At first, he was confused, revealing he almost<em> "[told] the men on the wagon that they had made a mistake"</em>, his mother told him that it was actually a gift from his father.
Thus, the gift was a piano, <em>"a beautiful, brand-new, upright piano."</em>
Also known as The Story of the Aged Mother, this Japanese folktale tells the story of an unkind ruler who issues cruel orders, including one demand that all old folks are to be abandoned and left to die. ... The poor farmer loved his aged mother with tender reverence, and the order filled his heart with sorrow.
William Gilmore Simms deserve to be known and studied by many because he has good stories and his humor is good. His choice of topics, characterization, format and narrative power proves that Simms is a master storyteller.
