Which sentence best reveals the theme in Tan's short story? A) "You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame." B) "I wanted to disappear." 0 "lis a polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied" D) "For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose."

Which example from lorraine hansberry's a raisin in the sun demonstrates the idea of self-determination?

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

In which sentence does the underlined adverb modify a verb? (i’ll put the words that are underlined in caps) a. water young plants often. b. water young plants rather often. c. we generally water young plants often. d. water very young plants often.