Answer:
"Hello Samantha," Trevor excitedly shouted.
"Hi, Trevor," responded Samantha.
"Want to go to the ice cream shop with me later," Trevor inquired energetically.
"No, I have dance practice later," she said in a somber tone, "I might be able to this weekend, though."
"It is official-- this weekend we will go to the ice cream shop," Trevor declared.
The characters then went their separate, both looking forward to the fun that they will have this weekend.
'Feeling blue' means that a person is sad, or depressed.
Answer:
In this passage, Willis is expressing that literature is a message from the past telling us about the lives of those before us. We are told that these messages are trying to tell us how we live and how we die based on others experiences. Willis tries to explain this through a concerned, yet passionate tone that urges us, the readers, to learn from the mistakes and the fortunes of the lives of people before us. We can only do this through literature, as it is the gateway to seeing how the world works.
