Write in a short essay response. answer is written in complete sentences. in her essay "writing short stories" flannery o'connor says this about characterization: "you can't cut characters off from their society and say much about them as individuals." "you can't say anything meaningful about the mystery of personality unless you put that personality in a believable and significant social context." consider the quotations above. then pick a story you read in semester a, and evaluate how the social context and the characters work together not only to provide a vivid setting, but also to explain and develop the characters' thoughts, words, and actions.

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i am not sure if this is the correct story but i think the answerr is when twain's confidence when he asked twin a question

explanation:

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

we would need to be able to read the passage in question to determine which factor allowed david believe he could defeat goliath. post the passage, and i'd love to out.