"Ey, Paul!" Mitchell called after me. "Anyways, you still get t' ride your own horse, that Appaloosa. So not ridin' Ghost Wind, that ain't so bad." I turned and looked back at him "No . . . don't get to ride him either, or any other horse . . . not 'til my daddy says I can. He was plenty mad."

"Had a right t' be," Mitchell conceded, "way that stallion was all scratched up and bruised. You know, my daddy was 'fraid he was gonna lose his job 'cause-a what I done."

"I know."

—The Land,
Mildred D. Taylor

What is Mitchell’s viewpoint?

He is confused about why Paul took the blame for him.
He wants to accept responsibility and apologize for riding the horse.
He is grateful that Paul saved his father’s job by taking the blame.
He is angry because he feels that Paul now has control over him.

Poetry is a huge part of literary history. it is also a part of musical history. from the lyrics of ancient folk songs to those of modern-day rap, musicians have used words in their art to express life, love, and culture. whether the melody comes first or the words do, it is a poet's job to make them work together. the music and words become partners in the goal of expressing ideas or affecting the listener in some way. we have all been turned into mush by a beautiful song with a sad message, and we have the musical poets to for that. based on the sentences in this paragraph, which statement is accurate? sentence 1 is a complex sentence that varies the style and tone of the paragraph. sentence 3 is a complex sentence that varies the style and tone of the paragraph. sentence 5 is a compound sentence that varies the fluency and style of the paragraph. sentence 6 is a compound sentence that varies the fluency and style of the paragraph.

Consider tim o’brien’s story "ambush." what differences do you see between how o’brien dealt with killing an enemy soldier in the moment of battle compared to looking back on the moment later in life? what might this contrast reveal about the effects of war?

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.