A SUMMER'S READING COMPARE AND CONTRAST 1

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Match the description to the correct category in the story by clicking the category and then clicking the matching sentence. Choose whether the description is of the neighborhood or of the park. How the neighborhood looks hot and stony broken pavement tenements and railroad apartments small shops -butcher , shoe repair shop stoops at the entrances where people sit How the park looks in the evening- darkly lit benches and trees iron railing giving it privacy leafy trees flowers blooming When George is in the neighborhood he feels isolated. He doesn't feel respected or a connection to anybody. He meets people he knew all his life, but they don't "recognize each other"- they don't interact.On the other hand, when George is in the park, he dreams of a better life. He wants a good job, to live in a private house with a porch and on a street with trees, to have money. He wants to have a girl and not be lonely. He wants to be liked and respected. a dirty rat dishonest, sneaky abreast of beside beat it home slang for "going home" bum slang for "lazy fellow" can't stand hate cross ventilation air flow in a room crumbling apart falling apart doesn't know the ropes doesn't know how to get things done hang out wait around doing nothing in little arcs in circles listless very tired, incapable of moving pavement sidewalk or path railed slang for "complain against" run out of used up trashy worthless, useless unobtrusively without standing out, quietly wanna slang for "want to" wilted without energy, bent