Read the excerpt from "lather and nothing else" he went on talking. he evidently took it for granted that i was on the side of the existing regime. "the people must have gotten a scare with what happened the other day,” he said. "yes,” i replied, as i finished tying the knot against his nape, which smelt of sweat. "good show, wasn’t it? ” "very good,” i answered, turning my attention now to the brush. the man closed his eyes wearily and awaited the cool caress of the lather. how does this conversation build suspense in the story? the “small talk” shows that the captain is foolish and the barber is afraid. the “small talk” slows the pace, building interest at the beginning of the story. the discussion readers feel sympathetic toward captain torres. the discussion readers understand the barber’s final decision.

The following line from "the story of an hour" provides mrs. mallard's view of marriage: "there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."which word emphasizes male dominance in marriage?

How does the author view the idea that you have to be perfect in order to get into college

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.