Determine whether each quotation has the characteristics of idealism or realism.
The captain of the youth's company had
been killed in an early part of the action.
His body lay stretched out in the position
of a tired man resting, but upon his face
there was an astonished and sorrowful
look, as if he thought some friend had
done him an ill turn. The babbling man
was grazed by a shot that made the
blood stream widely down his face.
He clapped both hands to his head
(from The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane)
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so
gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red
glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave
proof through the night that our flag was
still there; O say does that star-spangled
banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave? (from “Star
Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key)
Cruelty so fiendish could never have a cause,
but it cannot be denied that the torture of
Crawford was the effect of the butchery of
the Christian Indians. That awful deed was an
act of even greater wickedness, for it was the
act of men who were not savage by birth or
race or creed. (from “The Torture of Colonel
Crawford” by William Dean Howells )

17. read the email below and identify four areas of improvement your supervisor has written about having with the staff. next, create one recommendation for each area of improvement. (hint: refer to your textbook for recommendation ideas.) areas of improvement recommendations a. type answer here e. type answer here b. type answer here f. type answer here c. type answer here g. type answer here d. type answer here h. type answer here

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Which summary of a story about a ship crashing into an iceberg is the most subjective