Each act begins with a discussion of rain or actual rain. Why do you think Wilder does this? What could the rain symbolize? Justify your answer for the play's ideas.

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?

What are the most plentiful organisms in an ecosystem