A young man – we can sketch his portrait at a dash. Imagine to yourself a Don Quixote of eighteen; …a Don Quixote clothed in a woolen doublet, the blue color of
which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure;
face long and brown; high cheek bones, a sign of sagacity;… – and our young man
wore a cap set off with a sort of feather; the eye open and intelligent; the nose hooked,
but finely chiseled.
Read the passage above with accuracy and fluency. Discuss any unfamiliar words from the
passage and what strategies you used to understand them.

Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians

What is a synonym for the word anguish based on the context in which the word appears in this line from james joyce's "araby"? gazing up into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. a. distrust b. torment c. sarcasm d. isolation e. ferocity

How does the literature of this period influence future generations of american literature? where have you seen traces of these themes and how were they presented in the other literature you read?