QUESTION How does the walk to the well-house affect what happens next?

Keller’s life is transformed when she is able to make the connection between words and what they represent.

Keller becomes overwhelmed by memories from the past that she associates with water.

Keller’s attitude worsens as she becomes more frustrated at her inability to make sense of what she is supposed to learn.

Keller understands that she can manipulate her teacher to take a break from lessons by acting out.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.