Who visits dante in canto ii? what is important about this visit?

What does"after getting my report card i knew it was time to hit the books mean

Which of these statements is evaluative in nature a) the short passage creates a brilliant and sketch of gabriel b) resulting from the fact that gabriel is observant, he is also reflective c) the way gabriel looks at his wife shows that he is a detached onlooker d) that gabriel is observant is evident from the minute details he notices

How does douglass contrast his childhood on colonel lloyd’s plantation with this arrival on baltimore at the auld’s?