Excerpt from: wichita mourning david matherne reverend richards—feeble and finished— cried as his exit was lost on christians who worshiped the dime; a change of the times. which sentence best summarizes this final stanza of the poem? a) reverend richards is dying and can no longer sustain his church or his followers who sadly cannot worship there any longer. b) reverend richards must retire because he is old and feeble, and the christians who attended the church cry over his departure. c) reverend richards finished crying and got lost trying to find the exit, but the christians who worshiped with him only had enough change to spare a dime. d) reverend richards’ ministry at this church is finished because of changing times, but his leaving doesn’t seem to bother his congregation who was more interested in the money from selling the church.

The sentence that best summarizes this final stanza of the poem is:

D) Reverend Richards’ ministry at this church is finished because of changing times, but his leaving doesn’t seem to bother his congregation who was more interested in the money from selling the church.

the characters especially dave, are frustrated with the inequalities that exist within their life. we  

infer that if he doesn't escape, then he will work on the fields for the rest of his life. an example  

within the text is the conversation between mrs. saunder and dave. mrs. saunder say's "lawd,  

chill, whut's wrong wid yuh? ". here we seen how she comes for dave in an emotional way.

in at least one hundred words, explain how dave’s search for adulthood in “the man who  

was almost a man” reflects the african-american desire to escape the poverty of the south

at the time the story was written.

dave's desire to escape slavery greatly reflects the african-american desire to  

escape oppression and poverty. dave is struggling to declare his identity with the occurence of  

the rural south in his place. throughout the  

story

dave is very irritated because of the way he is  

being treated by whites and how he basically has no freedom. his search for adulthood is exactly

how most african-americans felt and acted during that time. dave also gets so fed up that he  

wants to actually fight back which is how all the other african-americans felt too. desperation is

a major theme in the story as dave is desperate to experience his adulthood, and african-

americans are desperate to escape poverty.

william zanzinger killed poor hattie carroll

with a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger

at a baltimore hotel society gath'rin'

based on these first lines from the song "the lonesome death of hattie carroll," what can

the audience infer about zanzinger?

he is a wealthy man.

the vietnam war was the first one watched by americans on television. how did this  

viewing of the war in their living rooms most clearly affected modern literature in which of  

the following ways? select all that apply.

the literature focused on the realities of war.

since people saw the war all the time, the literature focused on happy things.

it was written with a purpose to actually end the war.

none because there is no words that describe a noun and give a mood