What is a central idea in "The White Umbrella"? Question 1 options:

The narrator feels guilty for wishing her mother did not have to work & that the music teacher was her mother.

The narrator feels fortunate to receive a gift from her music teacher and her sister is jealous.

The narrator tries to convince her sister to be more accepting of their mother and share her work schedule.

The narrator competes with another music student to determine who has more talent and steals her umbrella.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).