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Long ago when James was a young boy, he worked as a mayor's servent
and lived in a shed behind the mansion. Late one night, the mayor's wife
came to James's door with an ernest request. Her husband had gone for a
walk and had not yet returned hours later. She didn't need to irge James to
find her husband. James took a tortch and went to serch for him. Hours later,
James found and rescued the mayor. The next day the news was all over the
small town, and James became a hero. Over the years, the story of James's
adventure grew until it became a grand tale.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

What does the author means by "string-along songs about razor blades" (champion of the world- maya angelou)

15. why do you think that douglas' family members and doctors do not support his decision to be phyllis' caretaker?