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in the next room, the door of which was open, i could see a magnificent gilt dressing
case, with some splendid diamond and ruby shirt studs lying by it, and a chest of
drawers, and a cupboard apparently full of clothes.
(the notch on the ax by william makepeace thackeray)
a hearty hand-clasp from jack, a frank and smiling greeting from polly (she looked
handsomer than ever, harold thought, with her lustrous black hair and soft, dark-gray
eyes), put him at his ease at once.
(the emergency men by george h. jessop)
by reason of my tender age (and there are some critics who, i hope, will be satisfied by
my acknowledging that i am a hundred and fifty-six next birthday) i could not
understand what was the meaning of this night excursion--this candle, this tool house,
this bag of soot
(on being found out by william makepeace thackeray)

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 is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world

8. "caged bird" right now, i feel like a bird caged without a key everyone comes to stare at me with so much joy and reverie they don't know how i feel inside through my smile, i cry they don't know what they're doing to me keeping me from flying that's why i say i know why the caged bird sings only joy comes from song she's so rare and beautiful to others why not just set her free? so she can fly, fly, fly spreading her wings and her song let her fly, fly fly for the whole world to see she's like caged bird fly, fly ooh just let her fly just let her fly just let her fly spread the wings spread the beauty what is the allusion found in the poem? question 8 options: a) alicia keys b) i know why the caged bird sings c) spreading her wings and her song d) fly, fly, fly