Read the excerpt from the awakening, by kate chopin. he reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. if it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? he himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. he could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. he talked in a monotonous, insistent way. how does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context?
a. it illustrates the challenges of maintaining brokerage business in the 1800s.
b. it illustrates the prevailing gender expectations within a marriage in the 1800s.
c. it illustrates the hope that woman might work outside the home in the 1800s.
d. it illustrates the need for domestic assistance for women in the 1800s.

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

2: "jesse kept on, his voice rising in anger."

4: "andy stormed out angrily."

i answered the question and it said these two were right : )

i hope this