"I know you're a good ballplayer," he barked. "What I don't know is whether you have the guts."

I knew it was all too good to be true. Here was a guy questioning my courage. That virtually amounted to him asking me if I was a coward. Mr. Rickey or no Mr. Rickey, that was an insinuation hard to take. I felt the heat coming up into my cheeks.

—I Never Had It Made,
Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett

Based on the passage, what is Jackie Robinson's purpose in telling this story?

to persuade readers that he is not a coward
to inform readers of how he felt while talking to Mr. Rickey
to entertain readers with a funny story

Jeremy planned to read the following poem aloud: wisdom by sara teas daleit was a night of early spring, the winter-sleep was scarcely broken; around us shadows and the wind listened for what was never spoken.though half a score of years are gone, spring comes as sharply now as then— but if we had it all to doit would be done the same again. it was a spring that never came; but we have lived enough to know that what we never have, remains; it is the things we have that go. jeremy interpreted this poem to mean that certain people, places, 'and things are important to us in our lives. but as time passes, we lose those things. what technique could jeremy use when reading the poem to emphasize this idea for listeners? a.he could read the poem rapidly to show how quickly people lose what’s important to them. b.he could emphasize the rhyming pattern in each stanza to represent patterns in life. c.he could read the poem slowly to represent the changes that happen over a lifetime. d.he could raise and lower his voice to represent the good and bad things people face in life.

Why does yu tsun kill dr. albert at the end of borges’s “the garden of forking paths”?

A30 year old man comes to the emergency room complaining of severe abdominal pain most of his body is covered with tattoos and he has several body piercings he informs the staff that he does not have health insurance