<span>William Faulkner's speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1950 * ... Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the ... It is easy enough to saythat man is immortal simply because he will endure: that ... The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things.</span><span>
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Answer:
The sting that followed upon the striking of his fingers against his leg ceased so quickly that he was startled
Explanation:
The sentence in the excerpt that demonstrates a blunt portrayal of natural life is The sting that followed upon the striking of his fingers against his leg ceased so quickly that he was startled.
This shows that nature is indifferent to the suffering of humans. Nature tries to numb the man's fingers while he was about having a meal and despite the man's best efforts at gaining sensation to his fingers by striking his finger on his legs, it was useless because nature was unrelenting and indifferent to his suffering.
The predicate is the very and everything that follows after it, which could include adverbs, prepositional phrases, and other parts of speech. For example, "The dog ran across the street to the neighbor's house". Find the verb (the action or in your case, a linking verb such as is, are, was, wear, am). In my example, the verb is 'ran'. So the predicate is:
-ran across the street to the neighbor's house
For your sentence, the predicate is -was very strong.
What is a healthy way to help a friend deal with grief?
Answer:
Introduce your friend to lots of new people.
