Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. Joyce ends the story with this sentence to reveal a change in the protagonist’s views of himself, the bazaar, and Mangan’s sister. Based on your reading of the story, describe the meaning of this sentence. What changes does this sentence reveal that the protagonist has undergone in the story?

“skateboarding is a sport combining grace, courage and skill, and here we see it being born.” based on this passage, what inference can you make about the author’s opinion of skateboarding? a. the author does not think skateboarding is a ‘real’ sport. c. the author feels skateboarding should be illegal. b. the author feels skateboarding is only appealing to very young children. d. the author respects and appreciates skateboarding as a sport.