Why would the author want the reader to respect mercedes's opinion with regard to charles and hal?
because the author does not trust the reader to think rationally
o so that they do not make up their own minds about the men
because the author wants the reader to use mercedes' opinion to understand their characters
because the author does not want the reader to rush to judgement

Describe the situation precisely what time of day and year is it where is the speaker what is happening to the weather

Fill in the blanks mommy told the kids, who promised they up their rooms by lunch, that they would go to the park. a would cleanb cleanedc have cleaned

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky