Erika tried protesting for a while, but she felt trapped. "as soon as the idea was out there, everyone jumped on it," erika explained. "they kept telling me it would be easy. that i could save the season. that a real teammate puts the team first." before she knew it, the team had drawn up a plan. erika would visit mr. kelp's room the following morning. someone would create a distraction down the hall. when mr. kelp investigated, erika would grab a copy of the test from his desk. erika wanted to say no, but between championships and friendships, there was too much to lose if she did.

in paragraph 3, erika's teammates gave her many reasons to go along with their plan. what was an implicit message they were giving to erika?
if you do this, you can save the season.
you can do this because it will be easy.
if you don't do this, you are letting your team down.
you should do this because a real teammate puts the team first.

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(d) alice notices that the glass is melting away. because that aint real

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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