Read the passage. when i was a young girl, my favorite relative was my mother's father, whom i called abuelito. i could talk to him about all sorts of things—he in his broken english, me in my not-so-perfect spanish. still, i did not talk to him as much as i could. i was busy with school, with sports, and with friends. he seemed to understand; he always encouraged me to enjoy life. now, abuelito is long gone—he died over 20 years ago. i wish i knew more about his life. which statement best expresses the author's perspective of her grandfather? she has some regrets about not spending more time with her grandfather. she enjoyed being with her grandfather when she was younger more than she did when she was older. she feels that her grandfather has abandoned her. she would not change anything about the time she spent with her grandfather because it was so precious to her. description

What is the allure of fear? what have you learned from the story about portrayals of fear in literature?

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

How is dr. lanyon characterized in the excerpt? as friendly as arrogant as wise as mournful