What motivates the narrator in ralph ellison's "the black ball" to stretch the truth, or tell lies throughout the story?

How does pumblechook treat pip before his visit to satis house? why?

Compare how this myth is portrayed in the painting and in the text. is the mood similar or different? how do the painter and the author create these moods

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death