Which story scenario would most likely be a parable?
a. a grumpy old donkey hides his money away and ignores his starving neighbor's pleas for food.
b. a wizard seeks a new apprentice, so he casts a spell on a mirror that reveals the potential magical power of whoever gazes at his or her reflection.
c. an adolescent boy loses his apprentice job as a carpenter because he chooses to go swimming instead of working.
d. a young fairy earns her wings by trying to care for an orphan. she provides for his needs for one full day.

What was the result of the struggle between the nationlist party and the communist party in china

Read this excerpt from “stephen crane’s own story.” what type of external conflict does it describe? now the whistle of the commodore had been turned loose, and if there ever was a voice of despair and death, it was in the voice of this whistle. it had gained a new tone. it was as if its throat was already choked by the water, and this cry on the sea at night, with a wind blowing the spray over the ship, and the waves roaring over the bow, and swirling white along the decks, was to each of us probably a song of man's end. it was now that the first mate showed a sign of losing his grip. to us who were trying in all stages of competence and experience to launch the lifeboat he raged in all terms of fiery satire and hammerlike abuse. but the boat moved at last and swung down toward the water. a. person versus person b. person versus nature c. person versus society d. person versus self

The most important things are the hardest things to say. they are the things you are ashamed of because words diminish them—words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. but it's more than that, isn't it? the most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. and you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. that's the worst, i think. when the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear. source: king, stephen. "the body." different seasons. new york: penguin group, 1982. google books. web. 16 may 2011. what is the point of view of the passage? third-person objective first-person third-person limited third-person omniscient