Miniver sighed for what was not,

and dreamed, and rested from his labors;

he dreamed of thebes and camelot,

and priam's neighbors.

what is implied about miniver cheevy in these lines from the poem?

a) he is satisfied with his life.

b) he lives mostly in his thoughts and dreams.

c) he isn't interested in many things.

d) he has a positive perspective on life.

Compare and contrast life in the capitol to life in district 12

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Write a 250- word essay in which you explain the significance of the different narrative voices in “the way to wealth.” use evidence from both texts to support your response