Read this excerpt from Holes. Sarah changed the words of the pig lullaby so that they rhymed, and every night she sang it to little Stanley.

“If only, if only,” the woodpecker sighs,
“The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies.”
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
Crying to the moo–oo–oon,
“if only, if only.”
How do the words “if only, if only” parallel Stanley’s predicament?

They parallel the fact that Stanley can go home only after he has completed his time at the camp.
They parallel Stanley’s homesickness and longing to be with his parents.
They parallel how lonely Stanley feels most of the time at school and at the camp.
They parallel Stanley’s wish that things had turned out differently for him.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.

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What does atticus do that makes mayella ewell think that he's making fun of her? what does this show us about mayella's life?