Compare and contrast jonas' interaction/conversation with the giver and his conversation with his parents. What do his dialogue and demeanor in each interaction suggest about how his character is changing?

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

What are some of the images and diction used by the narrator that evoke the "dream of america"?

My cat and my dog like best friends