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what does quote mean?
"i had to pack these brand-new ice skates my mother had practically just sent me a couple of days before. that depressed me. i could see my mother going in spaulding's and asking the salesman a million dopy questions--and here i was getting the ax again. it made me feel pretty sad. she bought me the wrong kind of skates--i wanted racing skates and she bought hockey--but it made me sad anyway."

Some realist discussions relevant social issues. what important social issue does kate chopin’s “the story of an hour” primarily focuses on? a) the isolation of people in modern society b) the transient nature of marriage and love c) female autonomy and independence d) the suffocating nature of family

How did chesterton’s “the fallacy of success” fit into a broader trend in european thought? what was chesterton’s viewpoint on success? your answer should be at least one hundred words.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.