Excerpt from the autobiography of benjamin franklin

my elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. i was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. my early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as i do not remember when i could not read), and the opinion of all his friends, that i should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. my uncle benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, i suppose as a stock to set up with, if i would learn his character. i continued, however, at the grammar-school not quite one year, though in that time i had risen gradually from the middle of the class of that year to be the head of it, and farther was removed into the next class above it, in order to go with that into the third at the end of the year.

part a

what effect does the phrase “would learn his character" have on the meaning of this passage?

it implies that his uncle has an unusual personality.

it suggests that he is not talking about a real person.
it indicates he would train in his uncle's profession.

it proposes he will read his uncle's sermons.

part b

how does the phrase “would learn his character" contribute to the passage’s tone?

it conveys amusement.

it reveals frustration.

it shows a feeling of disgust.

it creates a sense of regret.

Part A: It indicates he would train in his uncle's profession.

Part B: It conveys amusement.

In this excerpt, Franklin is describing his childhood education. He states that everyone believed he was going to be good at school, and encouraged his father to provide him with an education. He also describes how his uncle Benjamin had given him his volumes of sermons. He indicates that this was done in case he wanted to train in his uncle's profession. However, Franklin also exhibits some amusement as to the purpose of these texts and their connection to his future profession.

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infer that if he doesn't escape, then he will work on the fields for the rest of his life. an example  

within the text is the conversation between mrs. saunder and dave. mrs. saunder say's "lawd,  

chill, whut's wrong wid yuh? ". here we seen how she comes for dave in an emotional way.

in at least one hundred words, explain how dave’s search for adulthood in “the man who  

was almost a man” reflects the african-american desire to escape the poverty of the south

at the time the story was written.

dave's desire to escape slavery greatly reflects the african-american desire to  

escape oppression and poverty. dave is struggling to declare his identity with the occurence of  

the rural south in his place. throughout the  

story

dave is very irritated because of the way he is  

being treated by whites and how he basically has no freedom. his search for adulthood is exactly

how most african-americans felt and acted during that time. dave also gets so fed up that he  

wants to actually fight back which is how all the other african-americans felt too. desperation is

a major theme in the story as dave is desperate to experience his adulthood, and african-

americans are desperate to escape poverty.

william zanzinger killed poor hattie carroll

with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger

at a baltimore hotel society gath'rin'

based on these first lines from the song "the lonesome death of hattie carroll," what can

the audience infer about zanzinger?

he is a wealthy man.

the vietnam war was the first one watched by americans on television. how did this  

viewing of the war in their living rooms most clearly affected modern literature in which of  

the following ways? select all that apply.

the literature focused on the realities of war.

since people saw the war all the time, the literature focused on happy things.

it was written with a purpose to actually end the war.