A young man is walking down the street, quite casually, with an empty mind and no set purpose; he comes to a crossing, and for no reason that he could tell he takes the right hand turn instead of the left; and so it happens that he encounters a blue-eyed girl, who sets his heart to beating. He meets the girl, marries her--and she became your mother. But now, suppose the young man had taken the left hand turn instead of the right, and had never met the blue-eyed girl; where would you be now, and what would have become of those qualities of mind which you consider of importance to the world, and those grave affairs of business to which your time is devoted?

2 Something like that it was which befell Peter Gudge. Peter was walking down the street one afternoon, when a woman approached and held out to him a printed leaflet. "Read this, please," she said. And Peter, who was hungry, and at odds with the world, answered gruffly: "I got no money." He thought it was an advertising dodger, and he said: "I can't buy nothin'."

3 "It isn't anything for sale," answered the woman. "It's a message."

4 "Religion?" said Peter. "I just got kicked out of a church."

5 "No, not a church," said the woman. "It's something different; put it in your pocket."

6 "Read it some time when you've nothing else to do." And so Peter, just to get rid of her, took the leaflet and thrust it into his pocket, and went on, and in a minute or two had forgotten all about it.

7 Peter was thinking that this was a heck of a life. Who could have foreseen that just because he had stolen one miserable fried doughnut, he would lose his easy job and his chance of rising in the world? Peter's whole being was concentrated on the effort to rise in the world; to get success, which means money, which means ease and pleasure.

8 But who could have foreseen that Mrs. Smithers would have kept count of those fried doughnuts every time anybody passed thru her pantry? And it was only that one ridiculous circumstance which had brought Peter to his present misery. But for that he might have had his lunch of bread and dried herring and weak tea in the home of the shoe-maker's wife, and might have still been busy with his job of stirring up dissension in the First Apostolic Church.

9 Always it had been like that, thru Peter's twenty years of life. Time after time he would get his feeble clutch fixed upon the ladder of prosperity, and then something would happen--some wretched thing like the stealing of a fried doughnut--to pry him loose and tumble him down again into the pit of misery.

10 So Peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place to get a meal. There were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and Peter wanted an easy one. There are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; Peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale.

11 Peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening. Some returned his glance, but never for more than a second, for they saw an insignificant looking man, undersized, undernourished, and with one shoulder higher than the other, a weak chin and mouth, crooked teeth, and a brown moustache too feeble to hold itself up at the corners. Peters' straw hat had many straws missing, his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides. In a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at Peter Gudge? Why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that Peter was, in his own obscure way, a sort of genius? No one did care; no one did dream.

12 It was about two o'clock of an afternoon in July, and the sun beat down upon the streets of American City. There were crowds upon the streets, and Peter noticed that everywhere were flags and bunting. Once or twice he heard the strains of distant music, and wondered what was "up." Peter had not been reading the newspapers; all his attention bad been taken up by the quarrels of the Smithers faction and the Lunk faction in the First Apostolic Church, otherwise known as the Holy Rollers, and great events that had been happening in the world outside were of no concern to him. Peter knew vaguely that on the other side of the world half a dozen mighty nations were locked together in a grip of death; the whole earth was shaken with their struggles, and Peter had felt a bit of the trembling now and then. But Peter did not know that his own country had anything to do with this European quarrel, and did not know that certain great interests thruout the country had set themselves to rouse the public to action.

What is the author’s purpose for including the incident of the stolen fried doughnuts?

A) to demonstrate Peter's honesty

B) to show how hungry Peter constantly was

C) to illustrate that one is never too old to steal

D) to explain why he has a new perspective on life

For this one the answer is D ) to explain why he has a new perspective on life

What is the author’s purpose in including paragraphs 2-6?

A) to describe what the leaflet was claiming it could do

B) to make the reader aware that it was illegal to distribute such propaganda in public

C) to draw similarities between the leaflet and other religious pamphlets Peter had been given

D) to build suspense and internal conflict since neither the reader nor Peter knew the content of the leaflet

The answer is also D

Answer: Self-pitying is the correct answer.

Explanation: Clues to Peter's character can be found in such words and phrases as at odds with the world, his present misery, and no one did care. These and other phrases show Peter to be a young man who is pitying himself for his sad lot in life, and blaming the world around him for it.

To what category of Romantic literature does "The Oval Portrait" belong and why?

Recall one time when you recognized your racial identity What happened? How has your race been treated by American society?

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. Read this sentence from "Uses and Abuses of the Umbrella." If one were to research the history of the umbrella, one would discover that it was created with a purpose far different from that which formal umbrellists wish to attribute to it—those gentlemen who mistakenly take their umbrellas to the street when it looks like rain, unaware that they are exposing their precious devices to a washing that never figured into their plan. Which phrases from this sentence create a comic tone? Select each correct answer.

"exposing their precious devices"

A."created with a purpose"

B."the history of the umbrella"

C."when it looks like rain"

D."formal umbrellists"

Electronic media used to convey information is called a/an

Read the excerpt from “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell. Which stage of the plot structure does this event represent?

For a moment Mrs. Peters did not move. And then she did it. With a rush forward, she threw back the quilt pieces, got the box, tried to put it in her handbag. It was too big. Desperately she opened it, started to take the bird out. But there she broke—she could not touch the bird. She stood there helpless, foolish. There was the sound of a knob turning in the inner door. Martha Hale snatched the box from the sheriff's wife, and got it in the pocket of her big coat just as the sheriff and the county attorney came back into the kitchen. "Well, Henry," said the county attorney facetiously, "at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?" Mrs. Hale's hand was against the pocket of her coat. "We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson."

A-exposition
B-resolution
C-climax
D-falling action

Why does Thomas Jefferson begin the Declaration of Independence with a list of basic human rights? to inspire the British people to come to America to argue in favor of a democratic form of government to convince the king to change his policies to show that England has violated these rights

Which statement accurately evaluates the author's response to the counterclaim that fossil fuels are less expensive than wind power?

A)The response somewhat effectively addresses the counterclaim by citing a credible source.

B)The response somewhat effectively addresses the counterclaim by citing how much money consumers could save if the switch to wind power was made.

C)The response ineffectively addresses the counterclaim by arguing for the counterclaim when initially citing costs.

D)The response effectively addresses the counterclaim by providing concrete cost examples and citing a research report.

The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, guarantees...?

A. people denial to public records and provides procedures to protect recorsd from federal government agencies

B. protection of reporter's sources

C. people's access to public records and provides procedures to obtain records from federal government agencies

D. freedom for journalist to obtain information for stories in any way possible

_________________________ are geneneral guidelines or criteria used by media outlets such as newspaper or broadcast media to determine the worthiness of a story.

A. Bias
B. Ethics
C. News Values
D. FOIA

Read this excerpt from Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations: The most prominent object was a long table with a tablecloth spread on it. . . . An épergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable. . . . "What do you think that is?" she asked me, again pointing with her stick; "that, where those cobwebs are?" . . . "It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!" What does the cake most likely symbolize?
A. Letting go of bad memories
B. Thinking about the future
C. Holding on to the past
D. Remembering happy occasions

Which sentence contains an error involving a dangling modifier? A) We used the ferry at the dock to cross the bay. B) While standing on the beach, the bay looked misty and cold. C) I got a flat tire on my bicycle while riding to the store. D) As I was hurrying to class, my books fell out of my backpack.

When analyzing an argument, which elements should you focus on most? Select three options
Counterclaim
Claim
Reasons
Dissent
Evidence

The Rocking-Horse Winner Summary please?

Metamorphosis

by Frank Kafka

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked.

“What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream.

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad. “How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense,” he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn’t get into that position. However hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn’t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before.

There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. “Gregor,” somebody called—it was his mother—“it’s quarter to seven. Didn’t you want to go somewhere?” Gregor was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be recognized as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort of echo which made them unclear. Gregor had wanted to give a full answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented himself with saying: Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I’m getting up now.“

Read these lines from the excerpt again:

He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn’t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before.

What does the phrase shut his eyes tell the reader about how Gregor feels about his appearance?

Read this excerpt from Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations: The most prominent object was a long table with a tablecloth spread on it. . . . An épergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable. . . . "What do you think that is?" she asked me, again pointing with her stick; "that, where those cobwebs are?" . . . "It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!" What does the cake most likely symbolize?
A. Letting go of bad memories
B. Thinking about the future
C. Holding on to the past
D. Remembering happy occasions

lucy needs to find the mast commondefinition of fascism. Which is the best strategy for Lucy to use

Answer True or False.
English activist and Spanish activista are cognates.


True

False

What do Maithilde and her husband decide to do once they realize the necklace is missing?

PLEASE ANSWER FASSSSSTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!

Which best identifies the sentence fragment?


A) My dad says there are often good sales on electronics in August.

B) I plan to mow lawns and trim bushes on the weekends to make some money.

C) Anyone who knows a good place to buy one.

D) I am trying to save up for my own portable music player.

Read the following lines from the poem "love after love"

"you will great yourself arriving at your own door,in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other's welcome"

in these lines,the mirror most symbolizes?

A. a show of vanity
B. a sense of comfort
C. the recognition of one's talent
D. the reflection of one's inner beauty

BRAINLIEST for the right answer!!!

Suppose you're writing a research paper about a study pointing to a breakthrough drug treatment for
Alzheimer's disease. What sort of source information would you need in order to make informed and
accurate comments?
A. Information about the group that conducted the study, where the results were published, and how the new drug works
B. Primary source material about people suffering from Alzheimer's
C. General assumptions about previous treatments
D. Background information on the causes of Alzheimer's

Which sentence is clearly written?
A) People should at least graduate from high school so that you can support yourself.
B) People should at least graduate from high school so that they can support themselves.

Which line of dialogue best completes the script with a sentimental mood?
Erin: [Agreeing] I have kept up the habit, and I always eat before 7:00 a.m.
Erin: [Nodding] Grandma always joined us with her homemade biscuits.
Erin: [Seriously] Breakfast provides essential nutrients for good health.
Erin: [Upset] I remember how scared I was when I accidentally fell off the dock.

In "The Third Wish," as Mr. Peters is attempting to free the swan from the thorns, it looks upon with him angrily and then thrashes and pecks at him. Which of the following can you infer from this action?

I have three questions 1.what is a rough draft 2.what is a prewrite and 3.what is a final copy

What is I am fire is it

A hyperbole
B metaphor
C oxymoron
D personifacation

When a artist pass away the supply of their painting most likely be Coombes

How does the relationship between George, Sampson, and Rameck at the beginning of We Beat the Street compare with their relationship at the end? They rely more heavily on each other at the end of the story. They do not have as strong a friendship by the end of the story. They are more playful with each other by the end of the story. They do not share their dreams with each other at the end of the story.

ANSWER IMMEDIATELY!!! YOULL GET 30 POINTS!!! Which two sentences in this excerpt from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address demonstrate the use of antithesis as a rhetorical device?
We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end as well as a beginning–signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe–the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans–born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage–and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Read the following passage from "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall":Why, he couldn't possibly recognize her. She had fenced in a hundred acres once, digging the post holes herself and clamping the wires with just a negro boy to help. That changed a woman. John would be looking for a young woman with a peaked Spanish comb in her hair and the painted fan.Based on your reading of the story, who is the young woman?A.Granny Weatherall's sisterB.CorneliaC.HapsyD.Granny Weatherall from many years ago