When i was eleven years old, two events occurred which changed considerably the current of my life. my only brother, who had just graduated from union college, came home to die. a young man of great talent and promise, he was the pride of my father's heart. we early felt that this son filled a larger place in our father's affections and future plans than the five daughters together.

based on this excerpt, which question would best the reader understand stanton’s view of the path her life took?
a. what illness caused the death of stanton’s brother?
b. what were the two events that shaped stanton’s life?
c. what were the future plans of the five stanton daughters?
d. what were stanton’s feelings about attending union college?

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.