Early in the story, when Jack's father tells him about finding his mother in a catalog and he lies about her, Jack wonders, "What kind of woman puts herself into a catalog so that she can be bought?" Later, he is focused on on-campus recruiting season, and tells us, "I schemed about how to lie to the corporate recruiters most effectively so that they'll offer to buy me." Why do you think the story draws this parallel between Jack and his mother both lying in order to be "bought"?

irony  

i hope this you and have a good day

~ashbelle

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can

answer by yourhope:

hi! : )

which answer best describes the interaction between the elements mentioned in the excerpt?

b. an individual influencing an idea!

: )

if i was falling raindrop:

1. land safely (pretty sure that’s a tough one)

2. wished that time slowed down

3. a beautiful ending