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In the story "The Devil and Tom Walker," what does Washington Irving’s humorous and ironic word choice in describing Tom’s react

serious [3.7K]

Answer:

Tom's relationship with his wife seems to be one that is based on the material gains one can get out of from the other. When he realizes that his wife had died, he didn't even mourn for her. But instead he just shrugged his shoulders and excl;aimed that the devil must have had a tough time fighting his wife.

Explanation:

The relationship of Tom and his wife is based on greed from both sides. they don't trust one another, tried to cheat each other and would do anything to gain more from the other person. She even scratches him during their fights, which sometimes is more than verbal fights. Both of them are miserly, mean spirited and absolutely doesn't seem to have a care for the other person even though they are husband and wife. When he found out that she may have died trying to make the deal with the devil herself, he doesn't seem to care much about it. Instead of mourning for her, "<em>He shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the signs of fierce clapper-clawing. "Egad," said he to himself, "Old Scratch must have had a tough time of it!" </em>and consoled himself for the loss of his property. This shows that there is little emotional attachment between the two.

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3 years ago

Have you ever felt like the person in this image during a speech or presentation? List four or five things this person can do to

BlackZzzverrR [31]

1.Face the speaker and maintain eye contact. 2.

Be attentive, but relaxed. ...

3: Keep an open mind. ...

4: Listen to the words and try to picture what the speaker is saying. ...

5: Don't interrupt and don't impose your "solutions."

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3 years ago

What is the degree of comparison of the underlined modifier?

Georgia [21]

The answer is B.superlative the words most is <span>superlative the word super is there.</span>

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3 years ago

Beliefs in my culture speech

gregori [183]

Answer:

Hinduism is not an organized religion and has no single, systematic approach to teaching its value system. Nor do Hindus have a simple set of rules to follow like the Ten Commandments. Local, regional, caste, and community-driven practices influence the interpretation and practice of beliefs throughout the Hindu world.

Yet a common thread among all these variations is belief in a Supreme Being and adherence to certain concepts such as Truth, dharma, and karma. And belief in the authority of the Vedas (sacred scriptures) serves, to a large extent, as the very definition of a Hindu, even though how the Vedas are interpreted may vary greatly.

Here are some of the key beliefs shared among Hindus:

Truth is eternal.

Hindus pursue knowledge and understanding of the Truth: the very essence of the universe and the only Reality. According to the Vedas, Truth is One, but the wise express it in a variety of ways.

Brahman is Truth and Reality.

Hindus believe in Brahman as the one true God who is formless, limitless, all-inclusive, and eternal. Brahman is not an abstract concept; it is a real entity that encompasses everything (seen and unseen) in the universe.

The Vedas are the ultimate authority.

The Vedas are Hindu scriptures that contain revelations received by ancient saints and sages. Hindus believe that the Vedas are without beginning and without end; when everything else in the universe is destroyed (at the end of a cycle of time), the Vedas remain.

Everyone should strive to achieve dharma.

Understanding the concept of dharma helps you understand the Hindu faith. Unfortunately, no single English word adequately covers its meaning. Dharma can be described as right conduct, righteousness, moral law, and duty. Anyone who makes dharma central to one’s life strives to do the right thing, according to one’s duty and abilities, at all times.

Individual souls are immortal.

A Hindu believes that the individual soul (atman) is neither created nor destroyed; it has been, it is, and it will be. Actions of the soul while residing in a body require that it reap the consequences of those actions in the next life — the same soul in a different body.

The process of movement of the atman from one body to another is known as transmigration. The kind of body the soul inhabits next is determined by karma (actions accumulated in previous lives). Learn more about Hindu funeral customs.

The goal of the individual soul is moksha.

Moksha is liberation: the soul’s release from the cycle of death and rebirth. It occurs when the soul unites with Brahman by realizing its true nature. Several paths can lead to this realization and unity: the path of duty, the path of knowledge, and the path of devotion (unconditional surrender to God).

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3 years ago

Why do you think Mark Twain uses a young boy as the main character and narrator of the novel? Your response should

kolezko [41]

I think that Mark Twain uses a young boy as the main character and narrator of the novel as it shows their curiosity about the world around them and their mischievous ideas. This makes the novel more interesting as it highlights acts that only children do that no adults would do so that we can understand how it is like being a child. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, when he dirtied his clothes in a fight, he was made to whitewash the fence. However, instead of doing it himself, he took advantage of his friend, Ben, and tricked him into painting the fence for him by pretending how much fun it was. This shows the witty mind of Tom Sawyer which we can all relate to when we were younger. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck was trying to escape from his drunk father with a runaway slave, Jim. This shows that sometimes, just because we are young, does not mean that we cannot do great things. Like Huck, he escaped from his father and sailed down the Mississippi river when he was just a teenager, proving that being young does not limit what you can do. In conclusion, I think Mark Twain used a young boy for main character of his novels to help us to relate to the mischief of what they can be up to and that age does not matter if you want to do great things.

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3 years ago