Prompt 1. How does the experience the narrator and, later, Angela have at the Clohessys’ engage the pathos of the reader? Include examples of the squalor in which the Clohessys and the impending death of Mr. Clohessy in your answer.

2. Describe the situation that enraged the narrator regarding his father’s drinking. Why was this drinking binge worse than all of the others? Does Malachy’s statement, “[I]t will be different now,” seem likely? Why or why not?

3. Describe the experiences in the narrator’s life that give him his love of literature? Include Malachy, Sr., Mr. Timoney, and Patricia Madigan’s contributions in your answer.

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Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Which from of the moderifier best completes the sentence of the 10 students? malcolm did on the quiz. best more better bestest better

As you progressed through old english texts to middle english to modern english, how did your understanding of the literature change?