Read the following excerpt from leslie marmon silko’s story "the man to send rain clouds." "we found him under a cottonwood tree in the big arroyo near sheep camp. i guess he sat down to rest in the shade and never got up again." leon walked toward the old man's bed. the red plaid shawl had been shaken and spread carefully over the bed, and a new brown flannel shirt and pair of stiff new levi's were arranged neatly beside the pillow. louise held the screen door open while leon and ken carried in the red blanket. he looked small and shriveled, and after they dressed him in the new shirt and pants he seemed more shrunken. what detail from this excerpt best symbolizes traditional pueblo culture? the cottonwood tree the new brown shirt the old man’s bed the red blanket

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Read the excerpt below from "letter from birmingham jail" and then answer the question below: "my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word "tension." i have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." how does king's repetition of the term "tension" impact the meaning of the text? question 5 options: dr. king says that he is afraid of the word tension and he doesn't think it is necessary. dr. king repeats the word tension to explain how he sees the word as a negative force that discourages change. dr. king repeats the word tension unintentionally, and it doesn't impact the meaning of the text. dr. king repeats the word tension to support how he views the word tension as positive and growth-producing.

4friends evenly divided up a nn-slice pizza. one of the friends, harris, ate 11 fewer slice than he received.