The title character in henry wadsworth longfellow's "the village blacksmith" is physically strong and extremely hard-working, but he is also

superstitious and plagued fears and worries

unwilling to accept from his friends and neighbors

capable of great silliness and frivolity

capable of great sensitivity and tenderness

What is the most important lesson wiley learns in "wiley, his mother, and the hairy man"?

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat