The good Missionary disgusted with this idle Tale, said, What I delivered to you were sacred Truths, but what you tell me is mer
e Fable, Fiction and Falsehood. The Indian offended, reply'd, My Brother, it seems your Friends have not done you Justice in your Education, they have not well instructed you in the Rules of common Civility. You saw that we who understand and practise those Rules, believ'd all your Stories: Why do you refuse to believe ours? How does Franklin use irony in this excerpt from Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America?
by showing the Native Americans' inability to accept the settlers beliefs
by showing the settlers their inability to see the similarities with Native Americans
by showing the difference in the beliefs and their inability to understand one another
by showing that neither the settlers nor Native Americans accepted the others' beliefs
Answer: by showing the settlers their inability to see the similarities with Native Americans
Explanation:
The Indian points out that, whereas they´ve made the effort to accept the Missionary´s Stories, the settlers did not attempt to understand the beliefs of the Native Americans. Considering that missionary work is a way to civilize cultures considered uncivilized, the irony resides in the Indian pointing out the missionary´s lack of common Civility.
‘The Last Lecture’, this book written by Randy Pausch will be read by generations to come.
It is a story of Randy Pausch himself who was a professor at an University in Pittsburgh.
In that university there’s a kind of tradition where professors of that University are told to give a lecture and assume it as if it is the Last lecture of their life. But for Randy, he didn’t even need to assume this, because it was certainly the Last lecture of his life because he was suffering from terminal cancer and he didn’t had much time left.
So in a way the organization purpose of Last lecture supported Pausch’s purpose for delivering the lecture, where he gave some of the best life adivces and words of wisdom from his life experience.
The first paragraphs in an article/passage usually describe the main ideas of what the article/passage will be about. The first paragraphs are more of an introduction to the article/passage.
