Anne bradstreet was a puritan who lived during colonial america. her poems reflected elements of her personal life. in this poem, her house has burned and she has lost all of her possessions. read the last two stanzas (lines 43-54). how do these lines reflect aspects of her puritan beliefs? a) she relies on her own work ethic to build her another house. b) she is so distraught that she wishes she had died in the fire. c) she knows that her permanent home is waiting for her in heaven. d) she prays for an architect from town to come build her a new home.

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.

After thea elvsted leaves the room, crushed by lovborg’s statement that he had destroyed the manuscript, he says to hedda, “to you i can tell the truth, hedda.” why does he think he can tell hedda the truth? do you think he’s right in this statement? why or why not? your answer should be at least one hundred words.