Read the excerpt from "Amigo Brothers.” "In this corner, weighing 131 pounds, Felix Vargas. And in this corner, weighing 133 pounds, Antonio Cruz. The winner will represent the Boys Club in the tournament of champions, the Golden Gloves. There will be no draw. May the best man win.” What main conflict is best expressed in this passage? Antonio and Felix both worry about how the fight will affect their friendship. Neither Antonio nor Felix wants to hurt the other, but they know they must. Both Antonio and Felix want the same thing, but only one of them will succeed. Neither Antonio nor Felix knows who will eventually win the boxing match.

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why

Which best explains the symbolism of changing weather in "the jilting of granny weatherall"?

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive