_______ declares: “I have no pity! I have no pity! The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething; and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain.”

“On Pain” is a 1923 poem by Kahlil Gibran. In the poem, Gibran suggests that pain is necessary for healing, writing, -------Which quotation from “On Pain” most effectively illustrates the claim?“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”eliminate“[Pain] is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.”eliminate“Much of your pain is self-chosen.”eliminate“Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.”

I was weeping as much for him as her  we do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others.Word Bank:coloncommadashhyphensemi-colonapostropheperiod

Read the following passage from The Grapes of Wrath:The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. They sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.Which statement best describes the tone of this passage?A.The author feels frustrated for the farmers.

Complete the analogy.pain is to agony as fondness is toacceptanceantipathyadmirationadorationSubmit

We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, —This debt1 we pay to human guile;2With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,[5]And mouth with myriad subtleties.Q13Why should the world be over-wise,In counting all our tears and sighs?Nay, let them only see us, whileWe wear the mask.Q2[10]We smile, but, oh great Christ, our criesTo thee from tortured souls arise.We sing, but, oh, the clay4 is vile5Beneath our feet, and long the mile;But let the world dream otherwise,[15]We wear the mask!Q3"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896) is in the public domain.Unless otherwise noted, this content is licensed under theCC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licenseNotesAllDefinitionsFootnotesHere, having a debt to pay means having an obligation, or something one must doGuile (noun) : clever but sometimes dishonest behavior that one uses to deceive others“Mouth with myriad subtleties” may refer to the many expectations for “respectful” speech, such as calling someone sir or ma’amHere, clay refers to the earth or ground beneath one’s feetVile (adjective) : disgustingRead AloudAnnotateTranslateGuiding QuestionsShow LessQuestion 2 of 3 What purpose does the mask serve?It shades the eyes of the person wearing it from the sun.It hides the real emotions of the person wearing it.It tears the heart apart of the person wearing it.It allows the person wearing it to be able to smile happily.