During a debate, jonas listens as his opponent, amena, makes her counterclaim. as an active listener, jonas should listen closely to identify logical flaws in amena s counterclaim. grammatical errors in amena s counterclaim. places in amena s speech where she stumbles. places in amena s speech when she makes eye contact.

As an active listener, Jonas should listen closely to identify logical flaws in Amena's counterclaim.

While a participant in an active debate, one needs to follow some steps in order to win it. Being an active listener is one of the key components in a debate. At the time when one speaker is placing his/her claim, the other needs to listen to it accurately in order to put a counterclaim to the point. When responded without listening and understanding the claim, the counterclaim can be less effective.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.