What is the best summary of the main conflict in "the lottery"? the main conflict is between an individual and society. in the story, the townspeople have a yearly ritual that involves sacrificing a villager to ensure a good harvest. after tessie hutchinson is selected, she is attacked by the entire community. the main conflict is between the society and an individual. many members of the younger generation are questioning the need to hold the lottery. old man warner is sure that to do away with the lottery would be foolish and dangerous. the main conflict is between two characters. mr. graves and mr. summers disagree about how to continue the customs and rituals of the lottery. they argue about whether or not to use chips of wood or pieces of paper to draw the names for the lottery. the main conflict is between a character and herself. tessie hutchinson is torn between her desire to her community and her family by quietly and calmly going along with being chosen for the lottery or to resist her fate

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

How was don quixote different from the literature before it? how did it signal a change in the history of literature? your answer should contain at least one hundred words.

Which description most clearly defines tone in literature