Which statement from the story supports the theme that the women of the south were ultimately at the mercy of men? "mr. fletcher can't do a thing with me." "mr. fletcher takes bending exercises every night of the world, i make him." "her husband ought to could make her behave . . he ought to put his foot down. "an’ there was the freak show runnin’ night an’ day, not two steps away from my own beauty parlor, with mr. petrie just setting’ there waitin’."

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

How does the dialogue between henry and his friends? “californians tale”

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.