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nignag [31]
3 years ago
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He asked me what were the usual causes or motives that made one country go to war with another. I answered, they were innumerabl

e; but I should only mention a few of the chief. . . . Difference in opinions has cost many millions of lives: for instance . . . whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire; what is the best color for a coat, whether black, white, red, or gray; and whether it should be long or short, narrow or wide, dirty or clean . . . .
Which description applies best to what Swift is satirizing in the passage above?

the methods people use to build fires
the number of different clothing colors
the leaders’ senseless motives for engaging in war
the number of people who are killed in wars each year
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Ne4ueva [31]3 years ago
8 0
Definitely C, good luck 
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The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas. The society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, as there may be times where one must draw upon the wisdom gained from history to aid the community's decision making. Jonas struggles with concepts of all the new emotions and things introduced to him: whether they are inherently good, evil, or in between, and whether it is even possible to have one without the other. The Community lacks any color, memory, climate, or terrain, all in an effort to preserve structure, order, and a true sense of equality beyond personal individuality.[1]

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