you will write two paragraphs about the theme of a literary text from this unit and how it develops as well as the way the elements of the text interact, impact, and shape one another. in the first paragraph, name a theme of paul laurence gunnar's poem sympathy, andy explain how it develops, citing specific examples from the text to support you answer. in the sencond paragraph, describe the ways in which various elements-such as the language, the setting, the speaker, many the events described - interact and affect one anthoer

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt