In “the exercise,” bernard maclaverty contrasts two ideas of fatherhood—one that is loving and one that is cold and strict. which lines reflect the theme of the strict father figure?
“you could have made a better job of it yourself. other hand.” the same ritual of raising and lowering the left hand with the tip of the cane to the desired height. (a){after all, i have taught you some latin.” crack. “it would be hard to do any worse.}

kevin went back to his place resisting a desire to hug his hands under his armpits and stumbled on a schoolbag jutting into the aisle as he pushed into his desk. again waldo looked round the class and said, “now we’ll have it right from someone.”

the class continued and kevin nursed his fingers, out of the fray.

(b){as the bell rang waldo gathered up his books and said, “sweeny, i want a word with you outside. ave maria, gratia plena . .” it was not until the end of the corridor that waldo turned to face him.} he looked at kevin and maintained his silence for a moment.

(c){sweeny, i must apologise to you.” kevin bowed his head. “i meant your father no harm – he’s probably a good man, a very good man.}

“yes, sir,” said kevin. the pain in his fingers had gone.

“look at me when i’m talking, .” kevin looked at his collar, his adam’s apple, then his face. (d) {it relaxed for a fraction and kevin thought he was almost going to smile, but he became efficient, abrupt again.}

there can be more than 1 answer.

well, number 1, the 1920s was not economically prosperous until the start of the lend-lease act, which employed large amounts of people in producing equipment for the allies.

b. world war ii is your answer, because wwi had already ended at 1918, and the cold war was after 1945.

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in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.