Do you ever feel empty?
swallowed whole by the silence.
do you ever feel alone?
unwanted because you're imperfect.
do you ever feel unstable?
maybe that's because you're dead.
you've been torn apart,
beaten until you were bloody.
now there's nothing left,
but your corpse,
and an artificial heart.

Read this excerpt from holes. at the time, elya thought nothing of the curse. he was just a fifteen-year-old kid, and “eternity” didn’t seem much longer than a week from tuesday. besides, he liked madame zeroni and would be glad to carry her up the mountain. he would have done it right then and there, but he wasn’t yet strong enough. how does this section of the flashback relate to stanley? a.elya was much older during his difficult time than stanley was during his. b.elya’s physical weakness parallels stanley’s physical weakness. c.elya, like stanley, lives in the moment and does not consider the future. d.elya, like stanley, likes the character who is giving him a hard time.

"in what ways does the struggle for freedom change with history? " provide one specific change that malala struggled for(only if you've read the book). think of how malala describes change and what motivated her to struggle for change. write at one complete paragraph with a minimum of 5 sentences.

Why did the author of "how to jump-start a car battery" choose to use this image?