2. lines 3-7 describe the wooden staircase that is
the metaphor or image for the mother's life. what
might the "tacks," "splinters," and "boards torn
up" in the staircase represent? what could the
"bare" places stand for? finally, what do these
details reveal about the poem's speaker?
highlight these details in the poem. use them as
textual evidence for the annotations that you
make to explain what each of these represents.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "you just don't understand," she said, as maggie and i came out to the car. "what don't i understand? " i wanted to know. "your heritage," she said, and then she turned to maggie, kissed her, and said, "you ought to try to make something of yourself, too, maggie. it's really a new day for us. but from the way you and mama still live you'd never know it." in the excerpt above, what can the reader infer about dee's opinion of her sister? she admires maggie for preserving the family traditions. she feels superior to maggie because she is uneducated. she feels sorry for maggie because of her poverty. she respects maggie because of her resilience.

Ineed on this app i was at ambitious but then all of the sudden i got put back to about 30 points. is there something i can do about this, because i lost all of my progress in this app.

Based on the quote and using insights from the speech, discuss in at least 200 words what you can do for your country