What's an author's purpose?
Trent looked up at Malarie, his eyes glassy and red. He had obviously been crying. Malarie crouched down to the young boy's height. She was concerned, wondering why he was upset and if she could helped. "Trent," she began. "What happened?"

Based on what he wrote in the inferno, which statement would dante most likely agree with? a. church leaders should be given leeway for their earthly actions since they are working for god. b. poets should be given a free pass to heaven since their words point others toward god. c. people, no matter their earthly status, should be judged by a fair god. d. churchgoers should be allowed into heaven just for attending church services. 2b2t

What inference can you make about the narrator's point of view toward sudbury academy?

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used