Read the excerpt from zora neale hurston’s “john redding goes to sea".

"cose you allus tries tuh know mo' than me, but ah ain't so ign'rant. ah knows a heap mahself. many and many's the people been drove outa their senses by conjuration, or rid tuh deat' by witches."

why does zora neale hurston use nonstandard english in this excerpt?

a) to emphasize the relationship between john and his parents
b) to provide a historical context in which the events occur
c) to portray the dialect of african americans during the period
d) to reflect the mixed emotions john’s mother has about her child

Why did phillips il of spain want to invade

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which theme is shared by both text ? a. it is unwise to offend the gods. b. all people deserve to be treated with respect. c. pride and overconfidence can lead to a person's desmise. d. it is important to maintain a positive attitude, even when you lose.