n the portrait of Gabriel’s mother, Ellen, she is pointing to an open book on her lap. There are two potential allusions here. One has to do with Ellen’s piety (see question 27) and the other has to do with the Conroy family (research the Conroy family surname and research the Conroy family coat of arms). Explain both allusions and which of her sons might tie in with each. Follow-up: in regards to the meaning behind the Conroy name, what could it mean that despite it being Gabriel’s the name has more connection to Gretta’s roots

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example question 3 options: a allusion b alliteration c simile d personification

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.

In  the earth is precious, chief seattle says that man did not “weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.” what attitude is he implicitly criticizing by saying this?