Read the following selection from "a retrieved reformation" and answer the question that follows: pulling out from the wall a folding-bed, jimmy slid back a panel in the wall and dragged out a dust-covered suit-case. he opened this and gazed fondly at the finest set of burglar's tools in the half an hour jimmy went down stairs and through the cafe. he was now dressed in tasteful and well-fitting clothes, and carried his dusted and cleaned suit-case in his hand. "got anything on? " asked mike dolan, genially. "me? " said jimmy, in a puzzled tone. "i don't understand. i'm representing the new york amalgamated short snap biscuit cracker and frazzled wheat company." what does this selection suggest jimmy's next step will be?

he will become a shoe salesman.
he will sell crackers to mike.
he will go into business with mike.
he will go back to his criminal ways.

after i had a fight with my girlfriend, ben advised me to apologise.

explanation:

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

the speaker versus the boy.

the correct answer is c: in the middle

"mirror" is a poem written by silvia plath in 1961, two years before she committed suicide, and it explores the life of a woman as an object reflected within it suggesting, therefore, a change in gender roles in america.

there has been fourth big waves regarding feminism and gender equality throughout the history of america. the first wave began in 1848 when the first women's rights convention was held at the wesleyan chapel in seneca falls, new york. the second wave began in the early 1960s when the poem "mirror" was written. in this second movement, feminists fought against sex discrimination and extended the rights of women. the third wave began during the early 1990s when feminists wanted to question, reclaim, and redefine the ideas, words, and media that have transmitted ideas about gender, gender roles, womanhood, and beauty, among other things. the fourth wave refers to a resurgence of interest in feminism that began around 2012 and it is associated with the use of social media. the focus of this fourth wave is to get justice for women and to express opposition to sexual harassment and violence against women.