Read the excerpt from holes. stanley's father was an inventor. to be a successful inventor you need three things: intelligence, perseverance, and just a little bit of luck. stanley's father was smart and had a lot of perseverance. once he started a project he would work on it for years, often going days without sleep. he just never had any luck. in the above excerpt, how did the author support the idea that stanley’s dad “had a lot of perseverance”? through the words of stanley’s dad through the actions of stanley’s dad through the feelings of stanley’s dad through the thoughts of stanley’s dad

What is the central idea of “the light of gandhi’s lamp”? how does the central idea emerge and develop over the course of the passage? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

It was this unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself- to offer violence to its own nature -- to do wrong forthe wrong's sake only - that urged me to continue andfinally to consummate the injury i had inflicted upon theunoffending brute.which theme does this sentence best support? ) a. humans are to struggle against their fate.b. all people have a wicked side.c. humans are meant to rule earth.od. no wrong will go unpunished.submit

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return