What they talked about, i have no idea … . it was no doubt whatever a young married couple spending their first time privately in each other’s company in the long, probably harried day would talk about. it was the murmur of their voices, the back-and-forth, the unnoticed stretching away of time between my bedtime and theirs, that made me bask there at my distance. what i felt was not that i was excluded from them but that i was included, in – and because of – what i could hear in their voices and what i could see of their faces in the cone of yellow light under the brown-scorched shade.
in this excerpt, welty’s diction best suggests she is writing to what possible audience?

a.)young married couples who want to improve their relationship
b.)young people who read
c.)thoughtful readers interested in writing and literature
d.)students in college

you need to know what you have learned: )

answer

answer: a: they can affect the author’s perspective and in turn the theme and purpose for the writing.

the author's background and time period greatly affect the text that the author produces. this is because we are all a reflection of our time period and background. depending on where and when we were born, we will find some questions more important than others. for example, if we are a wealthy person born in medieval times, we will most likely be interested in courtly love and stories of knights and honour. however, if we are born in the 20th century in africa, we might instead focus on colonialism and its effects on the newly liberated countries. the theme and the purpose of writing are both affected by these conditions.

explanation:

pretty sure 1.someone's coat was found in the lobby.  

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.