Explain what makes the relationship between claude and ralph complicated.

use details from the excerpt to support your answer.

construct your 1-2 paragraph response in the race method of organization:

restate the prompt in statement format, providing an answer in your statement.

cite evidence from the passage, providing an appropriate contextual lead-in and giving the paragraph number where you found your evidence.

explain why your evidence is the best evidence to support your answer. do not merely summarize or rephrase your evidence.

give a summarizing sentence to conclude your paragraph.

The relationship between Claude and Ralph is complicated for various reasons. Claude, a strong, serious young man, is dedicated to hard work on the family farm. His younger brother, Ralph, is delightful and unworried.

Claude Wheeler’s witty and intelligence are plain, though he himself never recognizes them. His mother and Mahailey, the family housekeeper, love him deeply and know that he is not contented.

He finds his greatest joy when he is with smart and wise people: Ernest Havel, a German immigrant who is Claude’s own age; Mrs. Erlich, a cultured widow with five bright sons; Gladys Farmer, a childhood sweetheart and a high school teacher with a talent in music; Victor Morse, a devil-may-care R.A.F. pilot; David Gerhardt, a violinist turned soldier; and Madame Joubert, a farm woman who provides Claude’s first billet in France. All of them offer moments of happiness in Claude’s restless life. Even so, the author is careful not to make Claude’s death an indictment of war or even to see it as a tragedy for her protagonist. Claude considers his experience noble, and he dies with convictions he thinks worth fighting for.  On the other hand Ralph is the favored son. Ralph is able to charm his way out of being in trouble for being late for breakfast and despite the fact that his broken toys often get in the way, the family won't let them be thrown away.

Explanation:

shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

- i.a -