A theme of “Gumption” is that it is important to stand up for what is right, no matter what the outcome. How does old man Oyster’s interaction with the government employee contribute to this theme?

He argues with the government employee about the merits of education and experience until he ends up in jail.

He chooses to sacrifice his job doing roadwork to convince the government employee to find his son a job.

He bargains with the government employee until he is able to secure road work with higher pay.

He uses reason and logic to persuade the government employee to consider his son for office work.

For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling

What language uses emotionally words

The black night was split open like the coconut