What's an author's purpose?
Malarie held Trent's hand tightly, not wanting him to get lost. They have never been in such a busy city. They have never seen so many people at once. Cars honked and people hurried along the sidewalk. Everyone had somewhere to go. everyone knew where they were going. Everyone except them.

Line 61-81: explain what opposing view king is addressing in this counter argument line 82-87: what is the effect of king mentioning his nobel prize?

What can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he is ungrateful and refuses to eat all of the food that grete brings for him b. his appetite is good, which shows that his body is trying to return to human form c. he always eats trash, and grete is trying to get him to remember being human d. his eating habits are changing, and he is becoming physically less human

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?