What do these two excerpts help readers understand
about Lincoln's life?
Read these excerpts.
My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of
the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in
Adams, and others in Macon counties, Illinois.
-"1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester
County Times
He [Lincoln) could remember how he stayed by his
mother's side and watched her face while listening to
her read the Bible
-"Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek"
• His mother's death led him to find some of her family,
who lived in Illinois.
He was strongly influenced by the life and death of
his mother.
He often sat by his mother's side and watched her
face when she read to him.
His mother's family had the last name "Hanks" and
lived in Adams.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

the negative way that it shaped life was by having a feudal system where only the nobles and the christian church while it was oppressive to the peasants and specially to women. the positive way that it shape life is by introducing the artisan class when the feudal system fell. it change the attitudes towards religion and it also introduced what was known as knightly chivalry.

-hope this : )