What can the reading of ancient texts modern readers better
understand?
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a. how ancient characters handled conflict differently from today
b. how the stories from long ago shape the literature of today
c. how the quality of literature has declined over the centuries
d. how biased and prejudiced ancient authors were
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Need ! of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? why? what was it about this character that made him or her affect you as he or she did? be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response. the characters are from "shooting an elephant", " witchcraft for sale" and marriage is a private affair.

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that. which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious. b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world. c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love. d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.

What's liza's problem? she wants her old life back. she's afraid she'll have to return to her old life. she doesn't want to appear ungrateful for what higgens gave her. she wants to be independent.