Read the passage:

i pedaled my bike furiously through the streets, ignoring the indignant horns of automobiles as i sliced through the traffic.

which best explains how the setting details contribute to the following theme: desperate times call for desperate measures?

the word my suggests jerry’s desperation, while the streets suggest the obstacles he faces.

the word furiously suggests jerry’s desperation, while the indignant horns and traffic suggest the obstacles he faces.

the word pedaled suggests jerry’s desperation, while the automobiles and bike suggest the obstacles he faces.

the word through suggests jerry’s desperation, while the words of and bike suggest the obstacles he faces.

The Answer is:

                         The word furiously suggests Jerry’s desperation, while the indignant horns and traffic suggest the obstacles he faces.

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the characters especially dave, are frustrated with the inequalities that exist within their life. we  

infer that if he doesn't escape, then he will work on the fields for the rest of his life. an example  

within the text is the conversation between mrs. saunder and dave. mrs. saunder say's "lawd,  

chill, whut's wrong wid yuh? ". here we seen how she comes for dave in an emotional way.

in at least one hundred words, explain how dave’s search for adulthood in “the man who  

was almost a man” reflects the african-american desire to escape the poverty of the south

at the time the story was written.

dave's desire to escape slavery greatly reflects the african-american desire to  

escape oppression and poverty. dave is struggling to declare his identity with the occurence of  

the rural south in his place. throughout the  

story

dave is very irritated because of the way he is  

being treated by whites and how he basically has no freedom. his search for adulthood is exactly

how most african-americans felt and acted during that time. dave also gets so fed up that he  

wants to actually fight back which is how all the other african-americans felt too. desperation is

a major theme in the story as dave is desperate to experience his adulthood, and african-

americans are desperate to escape poverty.

william zanzinger killed poor hattie carroll

with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger

at a baltimore hotel society gath'rin'

based on these first lines from the song "the lonesome death of hattie carroll," what can

the audience infer about zanzinger?

he is a wealthy man.

the vietnam war was the first one watched by americans on television. how did this  

viewing of the war in their living rooms most clearly affected modern literature in which of  

the following ways? select all that apply.

the literature focused on the realities of war.

since people saw the war all the time, the literature focused on happy things.

it was written with a purpose to actually end the war.

stating your point of the article