Revisit the story “Poor Fish”. Write a paragraph about what you believe to be the main conflict of the story- individual vs. self, individual vs. another, individual vs. society, or individual vs. nature? Do you think the author was successful in exploring that conflict? Why? Support your answer with details and possibly direct quotes from the story.

In the world state, children are encouraged to engage in erotic play. in our society, they are discouraged. why is the world state society different?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

This passage contains repeated allusions to all the following except. a.sailing b.suitors c.hunting d.dreams