Question

Passage: I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Someone has said it is better to study one man than ten books. I want neither books nor men; they make me suffer. Can one of them talk to me like the night – the Summer night? Like the stars or the caressing wind?

The night came slowly, softly, as I lay out there under the maple tree. It came creeping, creeping stealthily out of the valley, thinking I did not notice. And the outlines of trees and foliage nearby blended in one black mass and the night came stealing out from them, too, and from the east and west, until the only light was in the sky, filtering through the maple leaves and a star looking down through every cranny.


How does the narrator’s point of view differ from the person who said that “it is better to study one man than ten books”? Use two details to support your response.

Answer 1

Answer: In the story, the narrator is putting in a quote of what someone once said. The author is implying that they don't want to have anything to do with it, as for the person who said it, is believing its words and meanings. The author states, “I want neither men nor books” which tells the reader what she feels about that quote.

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Answer 2

Answer: because it means you need 1 man over 10 books

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