In “the exercise,” bernard maclaverty contrasts two ideas of fatherhood—one that is loving and one that is cold and strict. which lines reflect the theme of the strict father figure? “you could have made a better job of it yourself. other hand.” the same ritual of raising and lowering the left hand with the tip of the cane to the desired height. “after all, i have taught you some latin.” crack. “it would be hard to do any worse.” kevin went back to his place resisting a desire to hug his hands under his armpits and stumbled on a schoolbag jutting into the aisle as he pushed into his desk. again waldo looked round the class and said, “now we’ll have it right from someone.” the class continued and kevin nursed his fingers, out of the fray. as the bell rang waldo gathered up his books and said, “sweeny, i want a word with you outside. ave maria, gratia plena . .” it was not until the end of the corridor that waldo turned to face him. he looked at kevin and maintained his silence for a moment. “sweeny, i must apologise to you.” kevin bowed his head. “i meant your father no harm – he’s probably a good man, a very good man.” “yes, sir,” said kevin. the pain in his fingers had gone. “look at me when i’m talking, .” kevin looked at his collar, his adam’s apple, then his face. it relaxed for a fraction and kevin thought he was almost going to smile, but he became efficient, abrupt again.

Excerpt from 100% - the story of a patriot upton sinclair 10 so peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place to get a meal. there were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and peter wanted an easy one. there are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale. 11 peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening. some returned his glance, but never for more than a second, for they saw an insignificant looking man, undersized, undernourished, and with one shoulder higher than the other, a weak chin and mouth, crooked teeth, and a brown moustache too feeble to hold itself up at the corners. peters' straw hat had many straws missing, his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides. in a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at peter gudge? why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that peter was, in his own obscure way, a sort of genius? no one did care; no one did dream. 12 it was about two o'clock of an afternoon in july, and the sun beat down upon the streets of american city. there were crowds upon the streets, and peter noticed that everywhere were flags and bunting. once or twice he heard the strains of distant music, and wondered what was "up." peter had not been reading the newspapers; all his attention bad been taken up by the quarrels of the smithers faction and the lunk faction in the first apostolic church, otherwise known as the holy rollers, and great events that had been happening in the world outside were of no concern to him. peter knew vaguely that on the other side of the world half a dozen mighty nations were locked together in a grip of death; the whole earth was shaken with their struggles, and peter had felt a bit of the trembling now and then. but peter did not know that his own country had anything to do with this european quarrel, and did not know that certain great interests throughout the country had set themselves to rouse the public to action. based on the author's characterization of peter in paragraphs 10, 11, and 12, which word best describes him? a) industrious b) loyal c) patriotic d) poor