"The Seventh Man" ACE quizziz

What do K.'s watercolors symbolize to the seventh man?

Answer:

• K.'s watercolors symbolize the seventh man's wasted life on sadness

• K.'s watercolors symbolize the seventh man's longing for a close friendship.

• K.'s watercolors symbolize the seventh man's rediscovery of who he was before K.'s death.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do K.'s watercolors symbolize to the seventh man?

Answer: K.'s watercolors symbolize the seventh man's rediscovery of who he was before K.'s death.

Cite:

• The author states, "In each I found another of those soft landscapes of childhood that I had shut out of my memory for so long." (Murakami, 52)

• According to the text, "For no matter how long I continued to look at the picture, I could find nothing in it but a boy's gentle, innocent spirit." (Murakami, 54)

• "For no matter how long I continued to look at the picture, I could find nothing in it but a boy's gentle, innocent spirit." (Murakami, 54)

• "In each I found another of those soft landscapes of childhood that I had shut out of my memory for so long." (Murakami, 52)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do K.'s watercolors symbolize to the seventh man?

Answer: K.'s watercolors symbolize the seventh man's rediscovery of who he was before K.'s death.

Cite: The author states, "In each I found another of those soft landscapes of childhood that I had shut out of my memory for so long." (Murakami, 52)

Explain: This explores the idea that the wave symbolizes his rediscovery of his childhood, because as he continues to look at them each day, the landscapes bring back who K. was and would want for his life.

• This shows that the 7th man saw landscapes from his childhood in the paintings he found in the garage.

• This explores the idea that the wave symbolizes his rediscovery of his childhood, because as he continues to look at them each day, the landscapes bring back who K. was and would want for his life.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1