The Scarlet Ibis” is a reflective story. It is told from a first-person point-of-view with the narrator looking back into his past. The narrator says, “But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” What is meant by this statement, and how has the narrator’s life been impacted by what happens to Doodle? How does this reinforce the overarching theme? Using textual evidence, write a well-developed, complex paragraph in response to these questions.

I’n a rough draft, where should the main idea first appear in the paper

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

How does the mother defend her child to the old duck