Read the excerpt from The Land."Cassie, you know 'bout Mitchell?" I asked her."Course I know about Mitchell," she answered. "Why're you letting him beat up on you?""I'm not letting him!" I exclaimed in outrage. "You thinking I'm liking him beating up on me?""Well, if you're not, you'd better make him stop.""Well, I'm trying.""Well, you'd better try harder.""I've tried fighting back, but he's too strong. Thing is, I don't know how to stop him."This excerpt demonstrates a character vs. self conflict because Paul describes .a. his personal struggle with how to handle Mitchell. b. his struggle to get Cassie to help him with Mitchell. c. his conversation with Cassie about handling Mitchell. d. his interactions with both Cassie and Mitchell.

Read the list of events from the first third of in his steps below and arrange them in chronological order. the crisis of powers' decision about the law violation. norman applies the challenge to the newspaper. rachel dedicates her voice to the lord. dedication of wright and marsh to political involvement in the rectangle problems. resignation of powers. arrival of the shabby stranger. maxwell's challenge to first church. maxwell's speech to the working men. rachel and virginia struggle with how christ would act in their cases. dedication of maxwell to the ministry in the rectangle. norman faces public reaction to the challenge.

Myths often function as a connection to the , or the customs and beliefs, of a group of people.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next