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the best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is screaming for . that way even if you sniffle a little they won't hear you. if anybody knows that you are crying, they; ll start talking about it.

—monster,
walter dean myers

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o'brien

anyway, just remember what we've been talking about. the judge is going to rule on a motion that king's lawyer made to suppress cruz's testimony, and a few other things. steve, let me tell you what my job is here. my job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you, and to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury. your job is to me. any questions you have, write them down and i'll try to answer them. what are you doing there?

steve

i'm writing this whole thing down as a movie.

—monster,
walter dean myers

which effect do the two structures have on the way steve shares his experience?

steve shares outside perspectives through his diary entries. he uses the screenplay to show his thoughts and feelings.
steve shares his personal feelings through the diary entries. he uses the screenplay to distance himself from his trial.
steve shares all characters’ feelings through his diary entries. he uses the screenplay to make his story seem more believable.

Read the paragraph from a student's literary essay comparing two different works (1) sandra cisneros's "mericans" is about a young american girl of mexican descent who is struggling to find her own cultural identity (2) cisneros illustrates this through a number of images and ideas. (3) for example, the speaker, micaela, calls her grandmother "awful," and seems to resent the woman's strict views and religious ideals. (4) the speaker also mentions how she and her brother emulate characters from popular american television programs when they play make-believe. (5) lastly, she describes physically standing outside her family's church, an act that symbolizes the fact that she feels like an outsider to mexican culture. (6) although micaela is of mexican descent, she seems to feel a stronger connection to the united states. this paragraph supports the idea that micaela wishes her heritage was different because she has difficulty relating to her grandmother. wants to find her own unique identity that is separate from her brother and her grandmother will never accept her mexican roots because of her feelings toward her grandmother identifies with her mexican heritage in a different way than her grandmother mark this and return save and exit next submit