Hazel shares with Augustus the Emily Dickinson poem where Peter Van Houten had found the title of his book. Read the poem. Explain how the line and the poem, itself, represents Van Houten’s book (the title of his book: An Imperial Affliction - talks about cancer). There's a certain slant of light,

On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight

Of cathedral tunes.

Heavenly hurt it gives us;

We can find no scar,

But internal difference

Where the meanings are.

None may teach it anything,

'Tis the seal, despair,-

An imperial affliction

Sent us of the air.

When it comes, the landscape listens,

Shadows hold their breath;

When it goes,'tis like the distance

On the look of death.

Read the following excerpt from string by alice childress: maydelle. oh, look at you. if you had a nice suit perhapsnone of this would have happened.joe. l. v. got a nice suit, he got maybe forty nice suits andhe live in a pretty white house with a lawn in the front of it... but he cheatswhich statement best explains how the author uses symbolism in thisexcerpt? a. joe stands for the general turmoil that followed the years after thecivil rights act of 1964, which included riots and assassinations.b. with his combination of nice clothes and immoral behavior, l. v.represents the price some african americans paid in order toescape poverty.c. by describing l v.'s clothes in the same breath as his evilbehavior, joe points out that l. v. is only good on the outside, noton the insideod. the tension between joe and l. v. culminates in a physicalaltercation that is only broken up when the women in the playintervene.

Which is the main claim in "say no to library cuts"? a. the most important effects of the library cuts will not be limited to children, senior citizens, or other specific groups. b. the budget cuts at the library also mean the end of the children's story hour. c. according to library director sarah tomlinson, whom i interviewed on may 6, the budget cuts will force the library to discontinue many popular programs and services. d. the funding of the public library should be protected because the library offers important programs and services that benefit the whole community.

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