<span>At the State of the Union Address in 1941, John F. Kennedy singles out Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia that United States of America will defend against any attacker. He mentioned that the total of the whole population and resources for all the countries is greater than the whole of the Western Hemisphere. </span>
These lines, so typical of Austen’s wry tone, allow Austen to “criticize social conversation as pointless and insincere” and “reveal Lady Middleton's character as superficial and proud”. This passage shows how social conversations are not necessary as they don't provide relevant information and people just uses them to talk about insignificant details and to avoid uncomfortable silence. The author also describes the personality of Lady Middleton as being superficial and how she uses her son to start an irrelevant talk.
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