Yoshiko's mother shows awareness of yoshiko's feelings by buying?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Sloan manufacturing company is changing insurance carriers. this change will be effective january 1st. at that time, all employees will be asked to complete an eligibility form. this form will be available in the human resources department after december 15th. prior to that date, however, we will not have access to it. this upcoming change is very positive, and we are happy for the opportunity to provide insurance coverage to our employees. select the best answer the phrase "this upcoming change" refers to: a change in insurance benefits a change in insurance eligibility a change in employee benefits a change of insurance carriers

Most children brought up in brooklyn before the first world war remember day there with a peculiartenderness. it was the day children went around "ragamuffin" or "slamming gates," wearing costumes topped off by apenny maskbased on this excerpt, what is the author's purpose in writing?