Both Baldwin and Hurston were hurt and angered by the oppression of their people by white society. Select the two statements that best explain how they each expressed their feelings through the writing we have studied in this unit? Baldwin discussed his feelings and opinions in a blunt, honest manner.
Baldwin expressed his pain honestly in his essay, but he spoke gently and with occasional humor.
Hurston focused on portraying black culture and society in a positive, self-affirming way.
Hurston expressed her outrage against whites by creating white characters who were foolish and clumsy.​

dude, * is in your own words, not mine.

* = the answer

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4