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both “the vain jackdaw” and "the story of baba abdalla” address the theme that nothing good will come from greed and deception. how do each of these stories present the theme differently?

a. in “the story of baba abdalla,” baba is blinded. in “the vain jackdaw,” the jackdaw is shown to be a fake.

b. in “the story of baba abdalla,” the caliph evicts baba from the market. in “the vain jackdaw,” the jackdaw is stripped of his feathers.

c. in “the story of baba abdalla,” baba’s family disowns him. in “the vain jackdaw,” the other birds attack him.

d. in “the story of baba abdalla,” the dervish puts a curse on baba. in “the vain jackdaw,” jupiter bans the jackdaw from the kingdom.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme