<span>Elie states that, "Physically, he was as awkward as a clown. His waiflike shyness made people smile. As for me, I liked his wide, dreamy eyes, gaz-ing off into the distance." I think it is ironic that the person villagers regarded as a comic figure, of no consequence, should be the messanger of their fate.
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Before answering the question, it is convenient to mention that James Baldwin was a Black writer in the decade of the 50s and even though there were other Negro Writers in the literary world, they all suffered from racisms and social prosecution, the novel “Notes of a native Son” is close to an autobiography assembled from essays James Baldwin had written. In the novel the author intends to depict the hatred black people had to suffer at that time.
The figurative device that Baldwin uses to emphasize the rage buried beneath his father's outward appearance and actions is:
The paradox “vindictively polite.”
Here the word "vindictive" is expressing the inner rage that was beneath his father outward appearance, and the word "polite" expresses the overt emotions or actions.
Answer:
5: The small chiddren in the audience seemed to enjoy the film.
7: Seven-star hotels are only affrordable to the extremly wealthy people.
Explanation:
Answer: Robert finds it unpleasant, and the author is embarrassment By it
Explanation:
Poe uses on the line "Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted" the following poetic device:
A. Alliteration.
Poe uses alliteration. Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently.
In this case, you can see (or more precisely, hear) the alliteration with the sounds of the words that begin or contain 'd',
