From the book “Something Wicked This Way Comes” 4. Will's father, Charles Halloway, is an older man who is both the library janitor and obviously an avid
reader.

a. He understands the difference between the two boys as he offers them reading material. What does
he mean by offering Jim the "black-har” books and Will the “white-har” books?

b. Bradbury concentrates a good deal of description on the fact that Charles Halloway is an old man.
What do you think the connection is between Charles' age and the overall theme of the story?

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

Complete the paragraph about imperialism

Which revision, if any, best fixes the bolded (capitalized in this case) part of the sentence? female cardinals, a somewhat drab bird compared to the males, blend in well with their environment. no change somewhat drab birds a somewhat drab's bird somewhat drab bird's