3. Due to the limited space of a short story, words are chosen carefully. Discuss significance of the fact that according to the first paragraph of the story, Woodifield's wife and
daughters "kept him boxed up" most of the time.
4. Besides the picture of his son, discuss why Mansfield spends so much time describing the
objects and furniture with which the boss surrounds himself.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.