Read the following selection from "a retrieved reformation" and answer the question that follows:
"now, valentine," said the warden, "you'll go out in the morning. brace up, and make a man of yourself. you're not a bad fellow at heart. stop cracking safes, and live straight."
"me? " said jimmy, in surprise. "why, i never cracked a safe in my life."
what does the dialogue reveal about jimmy valentine? (5 points)
the warden thinks jimmy is mature.
the warden thinks jimmy can turn his life around.
the warden feels there is no hope for jimmy.
jimmy admits that he committed the robberies.

Consider tim o’brien’s story "ambush." what differences do you see between how o’brien dealt with killing an enemy soldier in the moment of battle compared to looking back on the moment later in life? what might this contrast reveal about the effects of war?

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, and bathed rose petal sweet, and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, and white shoes on her feet. which literary technique does the stanza demonstrat