After reading pages 9-31 of The Glass Castle, answer the questions below in complete sentences. Write AT LEAST 2 full sentences for each question. 1. Jeannette Walls begins her story in the present before resorting to a flashback. Why does she begin it in this way? What is the significance of Rose Mary’s line that Jeannette, “Just tell the truth”? (5)

2. Re-read the last section on page 14. Explain the irony in Rex’s statement, “You’re safe now.” Use evidence from the text both before and after this comment to support your conclusion.

3. Re-read page 25. Describe the glass castle. What is the significance of it?

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

Write 3 sentences about an animal of your choice