2. What is the significance of "3" in the story? a. The story has three main characters: Della, Jim, and Madame Sophronie
b. Della counts her money three times (para. 1).
c. The narrator says that "Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles” (para. 2).
d. A reference is made to the Queen of Sheba, who gave King Solomon three types
of gifts: spices, gold, and jewels.
e. A sentence in para. 5 states, "She stood by the window and looked out dully at
a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard."
f. The narrator alliteratively describes Della as speaking with "sudden serious
sweetness."
g. Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar are the three magi, with three homelands.
h. The magi offered three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
i. The story centers on three valuables: Jim's gold watch, Della's hair, and the love
that Jim and Della share,

Well the number three is often associated with the Trinity. "The number 3 biblically represents divine wholeness, completeness and perfection."

what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops

at nineteen years old, nicole c. kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. she is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights out. instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. she joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.

when kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. her secret, though, is harder to surrender - and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. as her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. but if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending

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