Elisas character in chrysanthemums expresses a universal longing to reach beyond our circumstances to be more and do more. Find a character in another story from this unit that shares Elisas longing. For each character, explain how the author conveys thus universal longing and makes the reader empathize with the character. How are the two characters similar and different? With which character do you feel the strongest empathy and why? I just need a specific character to put me on track.

If you were starving, what would you do for food? "condensed milk" tells the story of a political prisoner in a russian gulag (a forced-labor camp) who is faced with a choice: stay in the gulag—working and starving—or escape from the prison and risk dying. what choice would you make? historical context: from 1929 to 1953, joseph stalin was the dictator of the soviet union. his goal was to transform the soviet union from a poor society into a world superpower. he used terror and violence to rule, and under his reign, millions of his own people died in work camps, from starvation due to famine, or by execution. select a detail to support the idea that russian gulags treated prisoners cruelly. prisoners faced choices. prisoners had to work. prisoners tried to escape. prisoners were starving.

This device blocks an opening along the base/floor of stairs or other walking or working surfaces where materials or body parts might otherwise inadvertently fall through. it should be 4 inches high, with not more than ¼ inch clearance above the floor

Identify the type of narration used in the excerpt.which words in the excerpt indicate the type of narration?