Pay special attention to the word choices the author jack london makes in this excerpt of his story “just meat.” “he strolled to the corner and glanced up and down the intersecting street, but saw nothing save the oases of light shed by the street lamps at the successive crossings. then he strolled back the way he had come. he was a shadow of a man sliding noiselessly and without undue movement through the semi-darkness. also he was very alert, like a wild animal in the jungle, keenly perceptive and receptive. the movement of another in the darkness about him would need to have been more shadowy than he to have escaped him.” why did the author use the words shadow of a man; alert, like a wild animal; and keenly perceptive and receptive? a. to describe a cautious character who doesn’t want to be seen b. to describe a dangerous character who’s done something wrong c. to describe a frightened character who’s looking for a place to hide d. to describe an untrustworthy character who’s looking for a criminal opportunity

Me ! select the correct answer. in his essay "civil disobedience," henry david thoreau wrote "that government is best which governs least." which answer best shows how this motto reflects transcendentalist principles? a. an ideal government does not exist, so anarchy is best for a nation. b. citizens require the government to define the difference between right and wrong. c. government can act as an impediment to the will and morality of individual men. d. an ideal nation is one that is not governed by a monarchy or dictatorship. e. government on a large scale is inefficient and should be managed at the state level.

Which themes are portrayed through juliet’s monologue?

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.