Read the excerpt from "the gift of the magi." jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. his eyes were fixed upon della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. it was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. he simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face. in this excerpt, jim’s character is developed indirectly, through his lack of action. directly, through his physical appearance. directly, through his personality that is concerned with change. indirectly, through his lack of feelings for della.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.

In which sentence is the action arrow pointing in the correct direction? < ––––– tia shopped at the mall for a pair of shoes. ––––––> tia shopped at the mall for a pair of shoes.

What ethnic difference separates nnaemeka and nene? in predicting that his father will be unhappy with their marriage, what reasons does nnaemeka give?