"a tiny furtive wedge of darkness beckoned him, a snicket, a hacket, an alley carved into the thickness of the building. it was so narrow that at any moment, it seemed the overtopping walls would come together and squeeze it out of existence…. walking as softly as an indian, jason passed through it, slid by a file of dustbins, and found the foot of the fire escape." jason's actions as he enters the building at night in "sonata for harp and bicycle" show us what?

How does this author’s choice influence the reader’s opinion of gatsby?

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

"endangered dreams: the great depression in california: " which word best summarizes the author's description of the pea pickers camp?