1. Sullivan Ballou Assignment
Images of “wind” and “breath” appear and reappear in the letter. How are these images related at different times to “God, my country, and thee”?
Sullivan writes that he is “communing with God, my country, and thee.” What is his relationship to the claims that each of these make upon his life?

2. Sullivan Ballou RACE Assignment
Use the RACE strategy to answer the following question:
How does Sullivan Ballou use figurative language to convey his feelings of responsibility and love toward his family and country?
(Be sure to use a minimum of four pieces of evidence from the passage in your paragraph.)
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