Making story quilts is one way that communities have worked together to tell their stories and bring about healing. After Hurricane Katrina, the staff at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Mississippi want to do something to help their community. They are going to different schools to work with children who have experienced the hurricane. The children were making artwork expressing their thoughts and feelings about the disaster. The staff then scanned the artwork, printed it on fabric, and were sewing the blocks into eight different quilts. Another example of a quilt used as a healing exercise is the AIDS memorial quilt. The AIDS memorial quilt, a huge ongoing project, will serve as a memorial to people who die from AIDS. Individual panels were made by the loved ones of those who have died. Since it was created in 1995, the quilt is growing to include more than 46,000 panels. When they are received, the panels were assembled into twelve-foot by twelve-foot blocks and sewn together. At over a million square feet, this memorial quilt is the biggest piece of community folk art in the world.

He said it was because a private detective sees the dark side of human nature. but whatever the reason, gill landers had an innate suspicion of politicians. when senator randy brill walked into his office on that summer day in august, mopping his flushed features with a monogrammed handkerchief, gill could think of no good reason to change his attitude. he'd only met brill once. that had been two years ago at a country club reception for state political notables. since then, he'd learned all he wanted to know about the senator's sinister reputation. gill sat back in his chair, put his feet on his desk, and fought to keep a poker face. but there was no way he could stop the chill that coursed along his spine like a rush of ice water. 29. in this paragraph, the word notables probably signifies that the persons so described a. would like to be politicians. b. are wealthy people. c. have political influence. d. are contributors to charity.

In “the bet” by anton p. chekhov, what motivates the lawyer to participate in the bet?

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.