!read the excerpt from the land, part 1. in the beginning the two of us didn't get along at all. fact to business, there was a time it seemed like to me mitchell thomas lived just to taunt me. there were other boys too who picked on me, but mitchell was the worst. i recall one time in particular when i was about nine or so and i was reading beside a creek on my daddy's land, and mitchell came up from behind me and just whopped me on the head. which character is indirectly characterized in this excerpt? mitchell’s father mitchell paul’s father paul

“heartwork each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light, and close them to hear the dark. you have no control over how your story begins or ends. but by now, you should know that all things have an ending. every spark returns to darkness. every sound returns to silence. and every flower returns to sleep with the earth. the journey of the sun and moon is predictable. but yours, is your ultimate art.” ― suzy kassem what does this quote mean to you? and why? i'm not looking for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )