Read the excerpt from "the storyteller."

"why weren't there any flowers? ”

"because the pigs had eaten them all,” said the bachelor promptly. "the gardeners had told the prince that you couldn't have pigs and flowers, so he decided to have pigs and no flowers.”

there was a murmur of approval at the excellence of the prince's decision; so many people would have decided the other way.
how does the characterization of the children create satire?

“edge” is one of the past poems plath wrote before her suicide. how does knowing this information affect your understanding of the poem?

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character's behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.

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