Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

beyond the dusty brown yard, in front of the sorry gray house, rose suddenly and shockingly a dazzling strip of bright blossoms, clumped together in enormous mounds, warm and passionate and sun-gold.

what can the reader infer about miss lottie based on the description of her home in the excerpt above?

miss lottie has lost all hope due to the sadness in her life.
she is planting marigolds to share with the children in her town.
despite the hardships in her life, miss lottie still appreciates beauty; these flowers are a symbol of hope.
miss lottie’s son, john burke, likes flowers so she plants him a garden.

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

In 12 angry men the jurors decide that the women could see as far as she could

According to the police officer, the car accident could not have been avoided.