In "The feather pillow" by Horacio Quiroga when the parasites don't have a human to feed on they usually are small, they are parasites of feathered creatures. This parasite, in particular, has been feeding on Alicia's blood, that is why it became so monstrous. We learn about this in the last parragraph of the story.
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The theme of the poem "Sympathy" is racism, and the imprisoning effect it has on the soul. In the poem, the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar compares himself to a caged bird.
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<span>C. I, II, and IV
</span><span>I. “My best friend and I knew that we were going to grow up to be ugly.”
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II. “First, our heads got large, but our necks wavered, frail as crisp tulips.”
IV. “My gangly arms nearly touched my kneecaps.”