Chapter 7 (pages 22-26):
1. what does douglass mean when he writes, “i would at times feel that learning to read had
been a curse rather than a blessing" (24)? why does he feel this way?

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills,when all at once i saw a crowd,a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze.continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way.they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance,tossing their heads in sprightly dance.the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay.in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.

In at least one hundred words, discuss how tradition vs. change is a theme in things fall apart. use evidence from the text to support your answer.

In tim o'brien's chapter "good form," what does the narrator say is thehappening-truth? oa. that the man he killed was slim and daintyob. that he has never seen a dying person in his lifeoc. that he killed hundreds of men and remembers all their facesod. that he was afraid to look at the faces of the dead