This excerpt comes from the story “<u><em>The Crab that Played by the Sea”</em></u> written by Rudyard Kipling. It is a fable to teach children about the origin of life.
Question: Which evidence best supports the conclusion that the narrator is telling this story with a particular child in mind?
Answer: D. “Pau Amma’s babies hate being taken out of their little Pusat Taseks and brought home in pickle-bottles. That is why they nip you with their scissors, and it serves you right!”
The correct answer is "influence." To explore the influence, or effect of mythical literature on contemporary literature, a reader should identify key characters, settings, and plots.
Answer:
According to the drummer boy, the soldiers are murmuring " Me, I’m the one, I’m the one of all the rest won’t die. I’ll live through it. I’ll go home. The band will play. And I’ll be there to hear it."
Explanation:
Copied straight from the drummer boy of Shiloh:
"What the men whispered the boy could only guess, and he guessed that it
was: Me, I’m the one, I’m the one of all the rest won’t die. I’ll live through it.
I’ll go home. The band will play. And I’ll be there to hear it."
You never really know what someone may be going thru/battling