Which theme is shown most clearly in this part of the
story?
Sometimes I slip and say my little brother Raymond. But
as any fool can see he's much bigger and he's older too.
But a lot of people call him my little brother 'cause he
needs looking after 'cause he's not quite right. . . . If
anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything to say
about his big head, they have to come by me. And I don't
play the dozens or believe in standing around with
somebody in my face doing a lot of talking. I much rather
just knock you down and take my chances even if I am a
little girl with skinny arms and a squeaky voice, which is
how I got the name Squeaky.
• You have to be tough to live in a big city
Being small doesn't mean you're not tough
It's important to stand up for what you believe,
When

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.