Analyze A symbol is a person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond
self. What do the following places and things symbolize for Tom?
• the marsh
• the hospital
• the whale skeleton
6. Synthesize Identify two themes in the story. Explain how these themes interact
and build on each other.
7. Evaluate Throughout the story, Tom struggles with the fear that he will die
young. How does Tom resolve this conflict at the end of the story? Do you find this
resolution effective? Explain.

How can an author give a reader more information about a character

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.

Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o