Answer:
Swift uses a false premise to create humor.
Explanation:
Ridiculous situations abound in Gulliver's travels and this is one of them. It is quite absurd that a man born blind could be versed in the art of painting. Having blind apprentices too supports this because they can't know what they are doing let alone teach someone else.
Of course the professor must be generally mistaken and the fraternity that elevates him must be one ridiculous lot.
Answer:
A: Shallow
Explanation:
It only says "because she remembers collecting apple snails with her brothers when they were younger." The author could have written: "She feels nostalgic because she remembers her carefree days in the sun. There was nothing to contain her and her brothers once they ran across their lawn. They used find apple snails in their lawn. The bright sunshine made them easy to find in the jungle of weeds and green grass." to make it deeper but the author just wrote that "collecting apple snails with her brothers when they were younger."
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
Read A Dead Woman's Secret
By Guy de Maupassant
1880
How do the siblings' reactions to their mother's letters contribute to the theme of the text?
The siblings are shocked, contributing to the theme that people are not always as they seem.
The siblings are angered after learning about their real father, contributing to the theme that it is best to be honest with others.
The brother condemns their mother but the sister sympathizes with her, contributing to the theme of forgiving loved ones.
The siblings are shocked but still watch over their mother, contributing to the theme that it is best to be loyal to family.
Answer: The siblings are shocked, contributing to the theme that people are not always as they seem.
Explanation:
Through the letter, the siblings find out that their assumed virtuous mother had at least one love affair. After being raised by the now-deceased woman, who inculcated them a strict code of morality and religiosity to such extent that Marguerite had become a nun and the son a flawless magistrate, this discovery makes them furious, and they angrily leave her.
Answer:
The Niagara movement was established in 1905. It was led by civil rights leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. Their mission was to affect political and social change for African Americans. They sought to end institutional injustices and to expand economic and educational opportunities for Black Americans. The group's efforts led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. Note that the language of the speech is representative of the time period in which it was delivered. Some words and phrases are no longer appropriate.
