2.3.7 quiz: analyze "notes of a native son" question 2 of 10 2 points read this passage: my father asked me abruptly, "you'd rather write than preach, wouldn't you? ". what does the passage mean to the narrator?

It is important because it the only true conversation he had with his father.

Explanation:

In "Notes of a Native Son," we learn that the writer's relationship with his father was a difficult and turbulent one. He did not feel supported by his father, nor did he think that they shared any valuable relationship or connection. However, this example is an important one because this was the only "true" conversation that the author had with his father.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others. (so basically being heartless)

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