What does the speaker mean when he compares humans to trees?
a) the speaker claims that it is better to remain rooted in one place to truly bloom.
b) the speaker suggests that humans, like trees, must give freely to thrive.
c) the speaker expresses the idea that both trees and humans are unable to give to every deserving creature.
d) the speaker makes the comparison to show that humans should give only to those who are deserving.

B) The speaker suggests that humans, like trees, must give freely to thrive.

Explanation:

The poem 'On Giving' (from the book 'The Prophet'), written by Khalil Gibran, deals with the beauty of giving.

The speaker explains the concept of giving through the example of trees. He explains that the trees give fruits to all the people. If a tree does not give fruits, it will die:

''They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.''

Similarly, humans should always give to everyone, because everyone deserves it.

he has become more humble and patient in battle.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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