In "hamadi," by naomi shihab nye, how do susan's interactions with her parents affect the story? a) her disagreements with her parents about hamadi's influence on her show that she is an independent thinker. b) her affection for her parents makes her an especially sympathetic character. c) her indifference to her parents is not likable, but shows her to be a strong person who is ready for life. d)her excessive reliance on her parents shows that she is not as mature as she would like to become.

Dreams are a state of unconsciousness that many of us have experienced. according to sigmund freud, dreams are the “royal road to the unconscious”. what does this mean? secondly, freud stated dreams consist of manifested or latent content. in your response, describe a memorable dream. in your description, identify whether you think your dream is manifested or latent and explain why.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky