English, 10.09.2019 16:10 emileedehaas35
Read the excerpt from the great gatsby. my own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so i had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor's lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month. across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable east egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening i drove over there. what message do phrases such as "the consoling proximity of millionaires" and "white palaces of fashionable east egg glittered" convey to the reader? everyone in east egg lives in a palace. financial wealth is desirable to the narrator. the narrator despises people who live in large homes. financial wealth has no relevance in this novel.
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English, 21.06.2019 13:30, billey32
Which of these details is not relevant to the paragraph? jane addams was born in cedarville, illinois, in 1860. as the daughter of well-off mill owner, jane always had her needs cared for. while she traveled through england in her late twenties, she and her friend, ellen g. starr, traveled to a house where poor people could sleep, eat, and learn. inspired by this, jane and ellen started a similar establishment, called hull house, in chicago, illinois. people living in the city could get a meal, learn, and rest at hull house. the founders soon became famous for their work, and their efforts many poor people in chicago. for her work, jane was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1931.
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English, 22.06.2019 03:30, witcol386
Which text evidence from the passage supports the theme that even nonliving things contain a life force? select two options. it was close and dry and dusty in the house of the gods.” “i have said the magic was gone but that is not true—it had gone from the magic things but it had not gone from the place.” “i felt the spirits about me, weighing upon me.” “nor had i ever slept in a dead place before—and yet, tonight, i must sleep there.” “when i thought of it, my tongue felt dry in my throat, in spite of my wish for knowledge.” “almost i would have gone down again and faced the dogs, but i did not.”
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