In Chapter 3, Tom is unjustly accused of breaking Aunt Polly's sugar bowl. Aunt Polly first suspects that Tom is guilty, and hits him on the knuckles as punishment. However, when she discovers that Sid is actually the guilty party, she does not treat him the same way. Tom sees this double standard as unfair, and it hurts him. Relate an experience of unfair treatment that you know about from real life, or from something you have learned about from the media or in a book. Your response should be about 150 words.

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

What is one possible theme for the poem forgetfulness

You're playing the slots and "win" twenty-five bucks! you're stoked. during the past ten weeks, you've won another fifty bucks. but you've dropped two bucks in the slot machines every day for ten weeks