Which is not an appropriate thesis for an essay comparing two texts about poverty in the united states? garcia’s reliance on personal stories makes her argument less convincing than engle’s. engle combines testimony from social workers with economic statistics that date back to the 1920s to craft a more convincing argument than the one garcia offers. although both garcia and engle agree that hunger in the united states has generally declined since the beginning of the twentieth century, garcia’s use of personal stories makes for a more interesting and more readable article. garcia and engle are both experienced scholars who write about poverty and race in the united states.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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