Our town is a play that sparks feelings of nostalgia in many readers and viewers. this nostalgia can be largely attributed to to thornton wilder's depiction of the town of grover's corners. new hampshire, as a simple yet charming place to live. think about a place where you have lived or where you have spent a fair amount of time. what aspects of that place are you nostalgic for? what things (sights, smells, sounds, and/or events) tend to speak these feelings of nostalgia?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which is included in the radio broadcast to capture the listener's attention that the original text of the story is not able to include

Which best compares the role of irony in "a journey" and "young goodman brown"? a) while the wife hopes to escape and cannot, brown hopes to sin but is saved. b) both characters try to cling to reality but are lost in the their dreamsc) neither character recognizes the irony in his or her situations before it is too late. d) both characters embark on journeys that take them away from what they are seeking.