Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem. In "To a Poor Old Woman," how does the woman herself serve as a symbol?
O She represents the indifference of society towards its most vulnerable members, which creates the poem's dour mood.
She represents the basic decency and generosity that people exhibit towards one another every day, which conveys the
poem's joyous mood
O She represents the beauty of nature in comparison to the ugliness of technology, which stresses the poem's sullen mood.
She represents the true happiness that can be experienced by partaking in life's simple pleasures, which helps give the poem
its optimistic mood.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

explanation:

margot’s silence imply? what will be her relationship with the other children from this point forward? remember, we read about how the most effective authors tap into the power of imagination. we have to use that imagination, and what we have learned about margot, her classmates, and their experiences

attitude toward the subject implied in a literary work.

serious at times, angry, impassioned, and optimistic, but most of all urgent