My father ran his hand into his pocket and pulled out a nickel. “here, richard,” he said. “don’t take it,” my mother said. “don’t teach him to be a fool,” my father said. “here, richard, take it.” i looked at my mother, at the strange woman, at my father, then into the fire. i wanted to take the nickel, but i did not want to take it from my father. “you ought to be ashamed,” my mother said, weeping. “giving your son a nickel when he’s hungry. if there’s a god, he’ll pay you back.” “that’s all i got,” my father said, laughing again and returning the nickel to his pocket. —black boy, richard wright what does this anecdote achieve? check all of the boxes that apply. it the reader share in wright’s experience. it explains how parents of the time treated their children. it shows that wright’s father did not take his responsibilities as a parent seriously. it illustrates wright’s tense relationship with his father. it explains wright’s attitude toward white society.
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English, 22.06.2019 10:30, JGottem6489
Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house
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My father ran his hand into his pocket and pulled out a nickel. “here, richard,” he said. “don’t tak...