Soon after dinner, his father would go to sleep in his chair;
his mother and sister would urge each other to be quiet;
his mother, bent deeply under the lamp, would sew fancy
underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who had taken a
sales job, learned shorthand and french in the evenings so
that she might be able to get a better position later on.
- franz kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.)
what does this passage from the metamorphosis you to infer about
grete?

Read this excerpt from "we shall overcome." hundreds of thousands of people sang them. but sometimes, it was one lone person with a guitar. they sang in segregated bus stations, picket lines, freedom marches, concert stadiums, city squares, and videos. when injustice of oppression threatens, people sing protest songs to proclaim their resistance, publicize their cause, and encourage hope for a better future, based on this excerpt as an introductory paragraph, which of the following would you expect to read about in the article? different groups of people who were oppressed the ways that music brings diverse groups of people together similarities between historical movements that provided rights for groups of people different song styles throughout specific historical events

Which statement is most accurate regarding the speaking-writing connection? a. written words seldom reflect the words people use when they speak. b. to own a word, write it over and over again. c. the words used by writers are not normally used in speaking. d. to own a word, speak it.

How are w.h auden’s “musée des beaux arts” and william carlos williams’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” similar?