A) <span>Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by describing a society that has taken the idea of equality too far
By referencing the idea that everyone is equally intelligent, or perhaps unintelligent, thanks to the Handicapper general, who apparently hobbles people who were born with certain gifts. This obviously isn't good, and suggests that the idea of equality is being taken to the extreme in 2081. </span>
Although coal, hydrocarbons, iron ore, platinum, copper, chromium, nickel, gold and other minerals have been found, they have not been in large enough quantities to exploit. The 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty also restricts a struggle for resources.
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Arrhythmia, you should try playing Bio Inc. It's an easy way to remember these things.
1.) From 1931 to 1973, the Empire state building was the tallest building in the world, a title now claimed by Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
2.) The Eiffel Tower was named in honor of its architect, Gustave Eiffel, who lived from 1832 to 1923.
