Excerpt from The Golden Fish: A Retelling of a Russian tale
Lee Washington
The old fisherman floated on the Black Sea, boat bobbing from side to side as a frigid wind
sliced through his threadbare sweater. Though the fisherman and his wife were struggling to
survive without much money, he thought happily of the meager but delicious dinner of
homemade bread that was waiting for him at home. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pull on the fishing
line, and the fisherman heaved a large, shining, yellow fish onto the boat. Its fins sparkled like
coins cascading from a treasure chest
2The fish began to beg. "If you release me," the fish blubbered, "T'll give you everything you
need."
The fisherman eyed the fantastic creature. "I am content with what I have, but I will let you go
regardless," the fisherman said as he plopped the fish back into the sea.
When the sun's heavy eyelids began to droop, the fisherman returned home through the town.
He passed a wealthy man arguing with a shopkeeper about merchandise and sadly shook his
head at the annoyed men as he entered his house,
Why does the fisherman shake his head at the wealthy man and the shopkeeper?
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Throughout this 'coming of age' story, jeanne continues to grow and experience life. which of the following does the author point out as a consequence of her aging? a. her life becomes dull and pointless. b. she is old enough now to fear the future. c. she begins to resent her parents' failures. d. her life is full of bright promises.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Ineed . i need to write a story with this words. vapid, reverie, chastity, petty, invariably, posterity, axiom, pugnacious, bourgeoisie, knell