Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds." The priest stared down at his scuffed brown loafers and the worn hem of his cassock. “For a Christian burial it was necessary.” His voice was distant, and Leon thought that his blue eyes looked tired. “It's O. K., Father, we just want him to have plenty of water.” The priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them. “You know I can't do that, Leon. There should have been the Last Rites and a funeral Mass at the very least.” Leon put on his green cap and pulled the flaps down over his ears. “It's getting late, Father. I've got to go.” Which of the following statements best describes the thematic significance of this dialogue? This dialogue emphasizes the ongoing personal conflict between Leon and Father Paul. This conversation between Leon and Father Paul makes it clear that they will never come to an agreement. Leon’s and Father Paul’s differing perspectives of the situation reflect their larger cultural conflicts. Leon’s hasty exit from Father Paul’s house reflects his discomfort with the priest and Christianity.

Write two paragraphs describing how your chosen theme relates to the characterization and setting in "the yellow wallpaper." one paragraph should focus on characterization, and the other should focus on setting. back up your ideas in each paragraph by summarizing the story in a way that emphasizes the most important details.

Select the contred text in the passage which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife? an old woman and mrs. herd's sister were in the sitting-room, they showed us to the crazy, narrow stairway. though we lived distant but four hundred yards of a crows flight, we had never seen mrs. herd before, for that is the way of things in this land of minding one's own business a slight dark girlish-looking woman, almost quite refined away, and with those eyes of the dying, where the spirit is coming through, as it only does when it knows that al is over except just the passing. she lay in a double bed with clean white sheets. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bow, the small lattice window open. though it was hot in there, it was better far than the rooms of most families in towns, living on a wage of twice as much, for here was no sign of defeat in decency or cleanliness. in her face, as in poor herd's, was that same strange minging of resigned despair and almost eager appeal, so terrible to disappoint. yet, trying not to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round her? but what else could we do? we could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state. and the night was so beautiful, so utterly glamourously beautiful, with its star-flowers, and its silence and its trees clothed in moonlight. all was tranquil as a dream of sleep. but it was long before our hearts wandering with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?