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1. According to disctionary.com, redemption has the following definitions:

1. An act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
2. deliverance; rescue.
3. Theology. deliverance from sin; salvation.
4. atonement for guilt.
5. repurchase, as of something sold.
6. paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.
7. recovery by payment, as of something pledged.

Choose one of the above definitions that applies to Charlie in "Babylon Revisited," by Fitzgerald, and explain why the definition fits.

2. Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" is about a couple's communication over a big decision that they need to make. What is the decision they are trying to make?

Have you ever had a time in your life when you were trying to make a big decision that would affect the rest of your life and had to get someone's opinion or help with the decision? What was the communication with the person like?