Santiago says he will clean all the merchant’s crystal overnight in exchange for money to get to Egypt. The merchant replies that the trip to Egypt is so long and expensive that Santiago couldn’t earn enough for the trip in a year. Santiago feels disappointed but agrees to take the job.
Answer: A girl was walking home one day. To the girl, each and every day that she walked home was simply the same. The birds chirped in tune, the wind blew the most prettiest of leaves away, the sidewalk of which she walked on lessened and lessened as she came close to home. It seemed to her that every walk home created the same routine. This time, the birds seemed distant, the wind blew slower than ever, and the sidewalk of which she walked on seemed to grow more and more. This time, things were about to change...
Answer:
The poem's allusion to the 1982 Brixton riot:
C. illustrates the strong feelings associated with the poem's subject matter.
Explanation:
This excerpt was taken from part XXIII of Derek Walcott's "Midsummer". Born in 1930 in Saint Lucia, Walcott received several awards for his works, including the Nobel Prize. He passed away in 2017.
The simile we are analyzing here compares the summer leaves to the Brixton riot. This may seem to be quite an unlikely comparison, which is probably what the author was aiming for. It is quite powerful to compare a season to a riot and its violence. As a matter of fact, as the poem goes on, the author continues to do so. He compares, for instance, leaves and branches to cattle being whipped. All of that unusual comparison aims to illustrate the author's feelings toward his subject matter, which is clearly quite strong.
Answer:
The Answer is C. It's about Keller's reasons for going to India.
