1. What reason does Dimmesdale give for why Pearl should remain with her mother instead of being taken away by the Puritan officials? He says the child should remain with Hester because no man has come forward to claim the girl.
He says Pearl is too wild for anyone but Hester to properly raise her.
He says Hester will become a witch like the Governor's sister if they take Pearl
He says God gave Pearl to Hester in order to lead her away from sin and toward goodness.
(The Scarlett letter)

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.

Write a two-paragraph objective summary of ted chiang's "exhalation." your summary should identify two themes of the story and explore how they interact. use figurative language such as an analogy to the reader understand the themes.

5. how might the statement, “the almighty has his own purposes” (line 39) relate to lincoln’s purpose in giving this speech?