Tips from my father
" come out here," he'd call from the yard.
"i want to show you mars." i'd stand.
just in front of him, follow his finger up into the sky
the house spinning away from us till
nothing mattered but my father's hand
and his hundred planets. and his voice a pause before he found it, then:
"there it is." and maybe i saw it. this is how he taught me - in case i was ever lose at a sea,
or in the desert- how to navigate my way back home.
with each new season a new sky to learn, a serious
business, like reading a map. "look here."
he'd say, "this is something you might need."
by carol ann davis
who is the speaker and what are the main literary elements the author uses?

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return