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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.4 Reading Skills
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.4 Reading Skills. What is tragically ironic about this statement in light of Gregor's situation?

GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.5 Reading Skills
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.5 Reading Skills. Which quotation best supports the idea that Gregor feels isolated before his transformation?

GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.1 Reading Skills
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Sorry And here's Her shmoop du jour brought to you

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by birds Nature's most annoying alarm clock All right check

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out the following passage scarcely in the miles come on

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rosenberg Darkness trying for enjoying life Drummond three little birds

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All right what is the narrator achieve with this simile

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at the end of the story comparing the children toe

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birds they could have fell and the options are like

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children Yeah Oh hans christian andersen how nice of you

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to finish your dark disturbing tale with an image of

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a cute little birdies probably safe to assume there's Something

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more going on here So what's the point of this

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subtle simile let's check the text from her creepy last

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line of dialogue It's clear The old lady hasn't had

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a sudden shift in disposition She still gloomy enough to

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marry her own rain cloud So answer D isn't right

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and she's definitely not about to run off and join

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the happy little kids We're betting she's probably got a

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few more hours of sulking plans so let's cross off

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see as well No well answer a presents a possible

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interpretation of the bird simile but the story hasn't really

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been about weakness or fragility You see that anywhere we

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don't Instead the image hits again on a theme found

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throughout the whole passage The contrast between the old woman

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and the young kids she's withered and sad They're happy

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and knew their free little birds she's trapped in a

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cage So the answer is b This simile is about

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juxtaposition like the juxtaposition between how cute birds are and

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how much they just need to shut up when it's

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five a m

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