When she cut the peach in two, out came a child from the large kernel. seeing this the old couple rejoiced, and named the child momotaro, or little peachling, because he came out of a peach. as both the old people took good care of him, he grew and became strong and enterprising. so the old couple had their expectations raised, and bestowed still more care on his education. momotaro's name is a figure of speech because a) he isn't literally a boy. b) he isn't literally a peach. c) he isn't figuratively a peach. d) he literally sprang from a peach.

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

How do the differing structures of the texts: the diary of anne frank and anne frank: the diary of a young girl, contribute to the meaning and style?

Hamlet act 1 what does polonius tell ophelia to do? why?