Surrender speech by black hawk's 1832

part a

how does black hawk use rhetoric in this excerpt to advance his purpose of condemning the white men?

the white men are bad school-masters; they carry false looks, and deal with false actions; they smile in the face of the poor indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence to make them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives.

a. he appeals to logic to overcome the fallacy that white people are moral and worthy of trust.

b. he corrects or qualifies a statement to refine depths of depravity that ought to be attached to white people.

c. he understates the idea that white people are dangerous to make the challenge sound less difficult than it is

d. he uses a metaphor to suggest that white people proven have proven themselves unworthy of the authority they wield

part b

how does the phrase "carry false looks, and deal in false actions" affect the depiction of white men in the excerpt in part a?

a. it suggests that their deceitful acts are intentional

b. it insinuates that they are paid to trick the indians.

c. it implies that their behavior makes them feel guilty

d. it explains that they are physically strong.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Ajourney with my father adapted from my reminiscences by sir rabindranath tagore probably in order to teach me to be careful, my father placed a little small change in my charge and required me to keep an account of it. he also entrusted me with the duty of winding his valuable gold watch for him. he overlooked the risk of damage in his desire to train me to a sense of responsibility. when we went out together for our morning walk, he would ask me to give alms to any beggars we came across. but i never could render him a proper account at the end of it. one day, my balance was larger than the account warranted. "i really must make you my cashier," observed my father. "money seems to have a way of growing in your hands! " that watch of his i wound up with such indefatigable1 zeal that it had very soon to be sent to the watchmaker's in calcutta. i am reminded of the time when, later in life, i was appointed to manage the estate and had to lay before my father, owing to his failing eyesight, a statement of accounts on the second or third of every month. i had first to read out the totals under each head, and if he had any doubts on any point, he would ask for the details. if i made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which i feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. so, these first few days of the month were very anxious ones for me. as i have said, my father had the habit of keeping everything clearly before his mind—whether figures of accounts, or ceremonial arrangements, or additions or alterations to property. he had never seen the new assembly hall built at bolpur, and yet, he was familiar with every detail of it from questioning those who came to see him after a visit to bolpur. he had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact, it never escaped him. my father asked me to copy the favourite verses, with their translation, from the book he liked reading every day. at home, i had been a boy of no account. here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, i felt the glory of the situation. 1. tireless 7 how does the narrator support the idea that his father keeps everything clearly before his mind? a. by giving the example of his father's response when his account did not tally with the money that he had in hand b. by mentioning that his father was interested in everything that happened around him c. by giving the example of his father knowing every detail of the new assembly hall at bolpur d. by mentioning that his father had marked his favorite verses from his favorite book

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls