The passage indicates that Jacob's primary response to the events described in the last paragraph is: (copied
here) is:
He had not accounted for Mount St. Mary's size relative to his high school and the difficulty of
"accidentally" running into someone in the halls. Throughout the first semester, Erin might as well have been
a ghost to Jacob, who tried his very best to make her acquaintance, but to no avail. Many years later, already
married to Martha, a seamstress from Gettysburg, Jacob would daydream about the single time he and Erin
had something resembling a date. With a resigned sigh, he remembered his hands trembling, even while
jammed into the pockets of his pressed Ogilvy's slacks; and the curious nature of her fragrance that seemed
floral from a distance but minty up close; and the musical sound her shoes made on the cobblestone road
leading to the assembly hall; and the way she seemed to be fearlessly striding toward an unknown future
while he was just trying to acclimate to the present.

A: anger concerning the excessive size of Mount St. Mary's.
B: remorse that he and Erin were largely disconnected.
C: gratitude for ultimately meeting and marrying Martha.
D: contentment regarding the fact that he got to date Erin.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

the father plays a very vital role in the life of the narrator in the story. the father is that person who may be physically absent but is also the one who just existed in the mind or the memory of the narrator. in the mind of the storyteller, his father during the time he was with their family was dutiful, orderly and straightforward. but when the narrator was asked who has always the final say, it would always be the mother. it is because of the father’s departure that made the authority of the mother waive and became questionable. the father’s leaving really made a big impact in his family’s lives. the father never set foot on land and he was more towards the lonely nature because as the story said he never acknowledged the existence of his family after his departure but it is implied to the reader that the reason why the father stayed and rowed nearby to maintain togetherness.