Read this passage from the phantom tollbooth.

there was once a boy named milo who didn't know what to do with himself--not just sometimes, but always.
when he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. on the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. nothing really interested him--least of all the things that should have.

the most likely reason the author begins this fantasy with a realistic element is to make the text more

a. amusing.
b. exciting.
c. believable.
d. interesting.

What is the cause of romeos despair?

Compare and contrast the merits and drawbacks of at least two of the scholarly approaches to literature described in this unit. be sure to mention at least one advantage that each approach has over the other. use one of the readings from this unit in your comparison. your answer should be at least 250 words.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;