What is one reason steinbeck uses parallelism in the grapes of wrath?
a. to detract from disturbing images
b. to create a puzzle for the reader to decipher
c. to downplay the contrast of opposing ideas
d. to develop his tone

The answer is: D.To develop his tone

In “The Grapes of Wrath” John Steinbeck shows the difficult situation that the farmers in Oklahoma had during the great depression, how they gain huge debts with the banks for the economics problems of the time and uses the parallelism to highlight the contrast of opposing ideas developing the tone of this novel.  

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

explanation:

have a great day!

b)metaphor

explanation:

when reading the sentence carefully it says,"hope is a thing with feathers" it's like saying: hope is a thing like feathers

get what i'm saying? instead of using a smilie like or as they use "with"

it would be nice enough if i got .