Read the passage. then, paraphrase the evidence from the passage at four he decided to get it over with and started walking to sandra's house, trudging slowly, as if he were waist-deep in water. shame colored his face. how could he disappoint his first date? she would probably laugh. —“broken chain,” gary soto

"The story of Broken Chains" was written by Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, the setting of many of his stories, poems, and autobiographical pieces. In his writing, Soto tries to recreate the sights and sounds of he Mexican American neighbourhood in which he grew up.

The story is about Alfonso's first date. The story presents problems like the ones many of us face. He worries a lot about how he looks, and everything seems to go wrong.

Here we have a paraphrased version of the passage shown in the question:

When he was four years old, he decided to face the situation and make it to Sandra's house, walking doubtfully and slowly as walking in the water up to his waist. His face was red by the shame. He wondered at how things could go wrong in this his first date, Sandra would probably laugh at him.

Alfonzo walked slowly over to Sandra's house. He figured he may as well just get it over with. He was full of shame. He was worried he'd disappoint Sandra, and he dreaded the fact that she would almost certainly make fun of him

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."

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