Read the excerpts from “To Live.” I sit in my
crunched-in
restraining
desk, they call it.
with my paper
and my pen

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and my mind on my
text and my pen on
the page

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I see through the paper
and my pen writes

Why does the speaker most likely repeat the references to her pen and paper?

to emphasize how much she enjoys school and learning
to emphasize how much she struggles with writing
to show what is most important to her in life
to show the routine and distractions of her everyday life

Yes or no ? a philanthropist is stingy and greedy.

Analyze how edgar allan poe's choice of setting in "the raven" to develop the speaker's character. be sure to use specific details from the poem to support your ideas.

4. at the conclusion of frankenstein, robert walton has an encounter with the monster, who arrives after victor frankenstein has died. perhaps surprisingly, the monster mourns his creator and expresses remorse over the fate that victor suffered. the monster pledges to destroy himself and then departs, disappearing as he goes further north. how does the monster’s behavior and attitude in this part of the novel affect the way readers view him? is he sympathetic? is he more hateful because it is only after victor has died that he relents? how does the change in the monster fit with the theme of duality in the novel?