Read the passage:

one day, soon after this, the little bird fluttered up against the windowpane and beat his wings against it in vain effort to get out. a new idea seized the young prince. he took up a golden jar, went to the window, and struck on one of the checkered panes of glass with all his force.

"you shall be free, even if i cannot be," he said to the bird. two or three strong blows shivered the small pane, and the bird swept out into the free air beyond.

"ah, my pretty one, how glad i am that you are free at last! " cried the prince, watching the flight of his fellow prisoner. his face was bright with glad, unselfish joy.

which theme does this passage develop?

a. be kind to animals

b. others often brings greater joy than ourselves.

c. selfishness

d. greed

Which group or words is not a phrase? a.) leaving behind the dog b.) because she smiled at me c.) smashing into a fence d.) before the first test e.) pushing the sofa

Iwill give brainliest1.when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that fun town is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky… •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 2.like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 3.over and over again i have found myself asking: "who worships here? who is their god? where were their voices when the lips of governor barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? where were their voices of support when tired, bruised, and weary negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest? " •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood:

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?