The poem opens with the numbers one through eight scattered across the page. In at least 75 words, discuss what this might mean. Bart Edelman's poem "They Shot Wook Kim"

The numbers one through eight scattered across the page typifies the number of times Wook Kim was shot.

Explanation:

According to the poem, Wook Kim was a Korean that lived as an immigrant in America. He was killed while on a night duty as a worker in the gas station. Bart Edelman described Kim's death as violent and inhumane. The numbers one through eight scattered across the page as an introduction to the poem is significant of the number of times Kim was shot. This is a literary device that Bart used to arouse the emotions of the readers. It also shows the violence that was entrenched in such murder, the reason why he later described the gas station as a morgue, a metaphor typifying the site of such violent murder. The description of the fatality of his death ( eight bullet shots) explains the death a man who found himself among a people whose way of life he found difficult to understand.

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.