The Invisible Man is a science-fiction story about a scientist who makes himself invisible during an
experiment. Searching for a cure for his invisibility, he
travels to a small village where he can set up a lab
and work in privacy. He covers his invisibility with
clothing, bandages, and eyeglasses to appear visible
to other people. In this excerpt, he has taken a room at
Mrs. Hall's inn and is resting in the parlour, a sitting
room, after having removed some of his facial
bandages to eat
from The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
Read the first two paragraphs of the
Passage, on pages 1-2.
Click on TWO sentences that reveal an
awareness of what Mrs. Hall's inner thoughts
are.
At four o'clock, when it was fairly dark
and Mrs. Hall was screwing up her
courage to go in and ask her visitor if he
would take some tea, Teddy Henfrey, the
clock-jobber, came in... "My sakes!
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Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

B. setting and mood are important elements in many of the stories in this unit. choose one story and describe some aspects of its setting: where it takes place; what mood is created by the details of weather, place, and time; and how this setting to convey the theme of the story. the story is , another evening at the club. can someone give me ideas if you have read this story.

What attitude of the aristocracy is illustrated by lady bracknell's lines in the play?