“do you need somebody to go to the store,” asked the boy, “maybe to get some milk or something? ” “don't believe i do,” said the woman, “unless you just want sweet milk yourself. i was going to make cocoa out of this canned milk i got here.” “that will be fine,” said the boy. she heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. what is hughes' intention in describing what the woman serves for dinner? a. to show that despite her outward appearances, she is well off b. to show that she has more food than the boy thought c. to show that she was expecting company for dinner d. to show that although she doesn't have much, she's willing to share

Your answer would be D. because she takes the boy in and she knows he was doing wrong and she didn't have much but she's kind enough to share what she does have with the boy who had done her wrong before.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.