From the text, "Tolerance is the word used most often when this kind of coexistence succeeds, but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word. standing for little more than the allowance of letting others live unremarked and unmo lested" (Quindlen 15). Look up the word tolerance in the dictionary. With that definition in mind, what do you think this portion of text means? What do you think the author is trying to say?

How do "the jilting of granny weatherall" and "the love somg of j alfred prufrock" differ?

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.

Modernist poetry explored the problem that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800 and early 1900. which two lines in this excerpt from "the anecdote jar" by wallace stevens reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life