We were not regularly allowance or food was coarse cornmeal boiled this was called much it was put into a large wooden tray or trough and sat down upon the ground the children were then called the like so many pigs and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush how does the objective style of this excerpt add power to the story and it uses a simile that refers to the children as pigs to avoid sentimentality

How might a listener feel about his or her griefs after hearing the wife's lament

Discuss how hawthorne uses irony in "young goodman brown" to develop a theme or a character. your answer should be between 250 and 300 words.

Write a five-minute oral presentation about the call of the wild, writing for an audience of your peers. what did you find most fascinating or interesting about the story, and what did you think were its most important points? include one visual element to support your ideas; this may be a short slideshow. then, make small changes to your speech to adapt it to be presented to a formal audience. enter both versions of your speech (informal and formal) in the space below, and include your selected visual element. if possible, present your speech to an audience to receive feedback.