In Present tenses^x, Literature^x, Paragraphs^x

Hi, There is a passage in my English textbook. In this passage there are two sentences with the simple present tense, in which I think the simple past tense should be used, and they are the following: 1. “there is always a toast” 2. “Many parties, social and political discussions and...

The paper is in MLA format and I had some trouble keeping it in present tense, block quoting a speech from poetry, and siting the poetry inside the paragraphs themselves help would be very very appreciated. sorry its so long. also I dont know if i like my closing statement, should I add more or...

Okay thanks. What about paragraph #16? Why doesn't she use present tense instead of past? How does she know what to use? I have wrote something about this story. When you're writing about literature you should write in the present tense right? With this story, it has so many tenses. I don't...