Sentry
by fredric brown
he was wet and muddy and hungry and cold
and he was fifty thousand light-years from home. a strange blue sun gave light, and gravity,
twice what he was used to, made every
movement difficult.
but in tens of thousands of years this part of war hadn't changed. the flyboys were fine with their sleek spaceships and their fancy weapons.
when the chips are down, though, it was still
the foot soldier, the infantry, that had to take the ground and hold it, foot by bloody foot. like this cursed planet of a star he'd never heard of until they'd landed him there. and now it was sacred ground because the aliens
were there too. the aliens, the only other
intelligent race in the galaxy-cruel, hideous,
and repulsive monsters. contact had been made with them near the centre of the galaxy, after the slow.
difficult colonization of a dozen thousand
planets; and it had been war at sight; they'd shot without even trying to negotiate, or to
make peace. now, planet by bitter planet, it was beingfought out. he was wet and muddy and hungry and cold, and the day was raw with a high wind that hurt his eyes. but the aliens were trying to infiltrate and every sentry post was vital. he stayed alert, gun ready. fifty thousand light-years from home, fighting on a strange world, and wondering if he'd ever live to see home again. and then he saw one of them crawling toward him. he drew a bead and fired. the alien made that strange horrible sound they all make.
then lay still he shuddered at the sound and sight of the
alien lying there. one ought to be able to get used to them after a while, but he'd never been able to. such repulsive creatures they were, with
only two arms and two legs, ghastly white
skins, and no scales.

(how far away from home is main character in this story)

(according to this story describe what
you think the main character looks like)

plz me

explanation:

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administration noun

the government of a country

affairs

events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy, etc. of a country, region, or the world

the corridors (of power)

the places where people use their political influence and major political decisions are made

government

the process, method, or effects of governing

play politics

to use politics for your own reasons, without caring about the effects on other people

political

relating to politics

political

interested or involved in politics

politically

in a political way

politicize

to bring an issue, organization, way of doing something, etc. to the attention of the public so that it can be discussed

politicize

to make someone more interested and involved in politics

politicking

political activity by someone who is only interested in doing things for their own advantage, not in other people

politics

the ideas and activities involved in getting power in a country or over a particular area of the world

politics

the profession of being a politician

politics

the ideas and activities used by people within a particular group to try to get power

public affairs

political issues that affect most people

public life

work that involves being known to a lot of people, especially in politics, but also in religion and education

public office

a job in the government that you have because you were chosen or elected

public service

work or important positions in the government, or in organizations controlled by the government

representation

in politics, the job of officially people and making decisions for them

sociopolitical

involving a combination of social and political matters

state

the government of a country

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.

hello tater tot the answer is going to be c.going into the business right after high school because i saw sholland answer

im a genius sholland

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.