Which sentence from the passage best supports the belief that Nolan has idealistic dreams? A) He had pursued an education degree because he wanted to positively influence young people's lives—and he had heard that many inner-city teenagers desperately needed help.
B) A homebody, Nolan usually spent his weekends reading and writing and had no desire to seek out adventure the way that some of his friends did.
C) Now he was a history teacher at this school, which was hardly discernible in the thick forest of buildings on this block.
D) The endless pavement and concrete was esthetically unappealing and Nolan longed to feel cushiony grass under his feet.

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.

Irony is a between what is expected to happen and what actually happened

Write a compare-and-contrast analysis to compare the way two different texts present similar ideas