Rewrite the following conversation between a teenage boy and his mother so that it sounds natural to you. make sure that you begin a new paragraph each time the speaker changes.
"i absolutely, positively do not want to go to that commencement ceremony, mother. brenda's graduation is of no significance to me. why, he'll talk on and on about what a great class this is and what hopes he has for their future. it's a drag, mother," tommy said. "you must go, tommy, dear," mother returned. "brenda will be all torn up if you don't."

Hurry 100 points consider the speakers in "the raven" and the speaker in "the song of wandering aengus."write two paragraphs to compare and contrast the voice in these two poems. how does the poet give the speaker in each poem a distinctive voice? what effect does this voice have in each poem?

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me