Which excerpt from “the treasure of lemon brown” would provide strong evidence that greg tries to avoid his father at the beginning of the story? he had asked his father the week before, and his father had said it depended on his next report card. it wasn’t often the scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen-year-olds, and this was a chance of a lifetime for greg. “and you want to play basketball? ” his father’s brows knitted over deep brown eyes. “that must be some kind of a joke. now you just get into your room and hit those books.” his father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears . . he stood to go upstairs, thought of the lecture that probably awaited him if he did anything except shut himself in his room with his math book, and started walking down the street instead. he sat a while, watching the sign blink first green then red, allowing his mind to drift to the scorpions, then to his father. his father had been a postal worker for all greg’s life, and was proud of it . . greg had heard the story too many times to be interested now.

How is the speaker's writing assignment in "theme for english b" affected by his setting in place and time? the speaker focuses more on his fascination with music than on the core of the assignment. the speaker reflects that he has nothing in common with his instructor, who will therefore not understand his essay. the speaker has trouble with the assignment because he questions what is true about his own identity.< < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < ,,

Read the excerpt from monster. steve no, but i’ve seen a lot of ball games. i watch a lot of ball games. based on this dialogue, what can the reader infer about steve? he is a good basketball player. he enjoys watching ball games. he makes films of ball games. he is too lazy to play ball games.

After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it…. he has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her…. he has usurped the prerogative of jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and to her god. he has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life. now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation--in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the united states. read the passage on the left to answer the following questions: 4) in what manner was this document patterned off of the preamble to the declaration of independence? a) it uses the same language, but frames women being oppressed by men instead of the 13 colonies being oppressed by the british. b) it uses different language, but argues for a society in which men and women separate like the colonists separated from the british. c) it uses the same language, but frames the notion of men standing up for women instead of the 13 colonies standing up to the british. d) it uses different language, but argues for a society in which men and women join forces to attack the injustices that plague both sexes.