-Grade 8 ELARIPAP FISD

English

In the poem "To Live." how do the lines my mind plus my life equals something beyond this support the theme than

life can get in the way of figuring out who you really are?

They show the confusion the speaker feels about life.

They show that the speaker feels more important than everyday life situations

They illustrate exactly how trapped the speaker feels by school

They illustrate what the speaker's real goals in life are.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

i think the answer will be theseeeennutttsssss

lol

today at the bank, an old lady asked me to check her balance. so i pushed her over.

a.) literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in a dreary setting.