In "interview with simon ortiz," ortiz asserts that native americans have been stripped of their rights and denied justice, and that any critic's honest appraisal of native american literature would recognize these truths and consider their consequences when formulating a critique. which evidence from the text supports this position? "another point—i guess of criticism of the critics—that i have, is that they write very much from their own education in western literature. this again is another limitation. you can’t discuss the poetics of simon ortiz in terms of the poetics of charles olson." "he would have to say, yes, and agree and press the supreme court and u. s. congress to give the black hills back to the lakota people. he would have to say, yes, the native american people do own arizona." "i am a human being. i write about the same things that robert browning or shelley or shakespeare did, maybe not in the same way." "the works that i have read, have, unfortunately—i would say 90 percent—a limited perspective, a limited view of my poetry. by that i mean that too often their understanding of my poetry is based on their acceptance and judgment of what a native american should write about."

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.