At first people were afraid to speak out against the general. But as the unrest grew, more and more people poured into the stree
ts to protest rising prices and falling wages and demand an end to autocratic rule. What does "autocratic" mean as it is used in this reading? Use this dictionary entry to help answer the question: -cratic (suffix) type of government
-cratic means "a type of government". So, we know that "autocratic" is a type of government.
We also know that "auto" means "self". If you put "auto" and "cratic" together, you get a "self type of government".
So, in the reading, we can say that "autocratic" is a rule where only one person carries all the power in the government, like a dictatorship. We can also tell that an autocracy is a negative thing, as people are afraid of the government and there is political unrest.
"John hopes the sleeping bag will keep the den dark and the bear calm a bit longer."
Explanation:
John wants the bear to calm down, and he wants to keep the darkness within his refugee by covering the entrance with the sleeping bag, He is hiding from the bear because he wants to avoid being attacked by it.
American poet John Godfrey Saxe creating his own version as a poem, with a final verse that explains that the elephant is a metaphor for God, and the various blind men represent religions that disagree on something no one has fully experienced.