[s]uddenly i realized that i should have to shoot the elephant after all. the people expected it of me and i had got to do it. . and it was at this moment. 1. that i first grasped the hollowness, the futility of the white man's dominion in the east. here was i, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd - seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality i was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. which two ideas about colonialism are most clearly expressed in this excerpt? a. colonialism is ethical; colonial rulers must teach their subjects to act correctly and honorably. colonioliomie

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once i saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way. they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay. in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.