In Ernest Hemingway's flash fiction "For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn," what can be inferred about the story's underlying narrative?Group of answer choicesIt portrays the grief and loss experienced by a couple who tragically lost their child.It celebrates the joy of new parenthood and the anticipation of a baby's arrival.It reflects on the fleeting nature of material possessions.It portrays the resilience and hope of a family.

Question 35Tips1 ptsUsing the Feminist criticism, what would the critic see in the literary piece?Group of answer choicesGender roles of the charactersArchetypes present in the textThe narrative elementsHistorical background of the piece Flag question: Question 36Question 36Tips1 pts“The little match girl experienced the struggles of walking barefoot in the cold and gloomy New Year’s eve, just to sell the matches for her family’s benefit and to help them in their current situation. Aside from the physical struggles, anxiety comes in. As shown in the story, the little match girl is afraid of her father’s disappointment as this could result in her getting beaten up.” On which of the following points of analysis does the analysis above revolve around?Group of answer choicesClass ConflictEconomic PowerMaterialism vs SpiritualismSexism Flag question: Question 37Question 37Tips1 ptsWhich of the following statements is NOT a Marxist analysis of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins?Group of answer choicesThe narrator is the main character herself, Katniss Everdeen, which emphasises the author’s effort to put women at the forefront of the story.It is evident that the Capitol holds the economic power, since it controls the production, the resources, the population, and the educational system.The Games are meant to function as a forceful reminder of what the consequences are when you try to defy the Capitol.The proletariats are basically the Districts, where each district produces resources for the Capitol.

Explain "The Shoemaker" by Charles Dickens. Using this part of the story, explain what happens there.Resolution: Through the support of their community and their own resilience, the shoemaker and his family find a way to improve their circumstances and rebuild their lives.POV (Point of View): The story is typically narrated from a third-person omniscient point of view, allowing readers insights into the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of multiple characters.Setting: The story is set in a working-class neighborhood during the Victorian era.Conflict: The conflict arises from the hardships faced by the shoemaker and his family due to poverty and the changing social and economic landscape. It also explores the tension between the working class and the wealthy, highlighting societal disparities.Tone: The tone of the story can be characterized as sympathetic and compassionate, shedding light on the struggles and resilience of the working class while critiquing societal inequalities.

Read the following passage from Ernest Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”: It had taken a strange chance of hunting, a sudden precipitation into action without opportunity for worrying beforehand, to bring this about with Macomber, but regardless of how it had happened it had most certainly happened. Look at the beggar now, Wilson thought. It’s that some of them stay little boys so long, Wilson thought. Sometimes all their lives. Their figures stay boyish when they’re fifty. The great American boy-men. Damned strange people. But he liked this Macomber now.      Identify the three phrases that are sentence fragments.  Rewrite them so that they are independent clauses.

In Joyce’s story, the protagonist’s object of desire is worthy of the protagonist’s adoration, thus the protagonist’s disappointment for not being able to buy her a gift is understandable.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Ernest Hemingway is often viewed as part of Question 15Answera.American naturalismb.the lost generationc.the angry young mend.the anti-war generation