Examples of symbols in the story include roads, which are metaphors for life paths and choices and the symbols provided by the descriptions of nature in the poem which are metaphors for the times in people's lives (specifically when they are making large life choices).
These figurative nature of the roads and the descriptions of the natural world in the setting allow the reader of the poem to infer that the poem is not "actually" about roads in the woods, but about the ways that our choice of life path can affect things.
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Clean mentally would to have a clear mind all the time and to not overthink but to have the right answer for any given moment. Clean Physically is to clean something that is dirty.
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If you win first place, you will receive a prize.
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The answer to the question: Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by:___, would be: using words that make the reader realize that what the author actually means is totally the opposite of what the words express at their face value. It is almost as if the author himself were laughing at his own joke, expressing one thing with the words he uses, but truly meaning something totally opposite.
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This excerpt here comes from the short story "Harrison Bergeron", from author Kurt Vonnegut. The story narrates the events that take place in the future, after apocalyptical events, when the world, and especially the United States, supposedly finally reach true equality among all people not just in physical, but also mental and emotional aspects, through the imposition of several Constitutional Amendments that make it so, especially the 211th, 212th and 213th, and also due to the due diligence of the supreme authority, the United States Handicapper General. Almost throughout the entire story irony, sarcasm and satire are used to emphazise that the words used by the author, and what he actually wants to convey, are two complete opposites. In this excerpt that becomes evident with the tone that the words give, like when the author states: "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren´t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way." Which is denied later when we find out that people have not really reached equality, they simply have been forced, through different strategies, to look and act the same; but equality has never truly been reached. That is the irony, the satire, in all this.
Which statement BEST contrasts the differing tones at the conclusion of each passage?
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The tone of Main Street is indifferent, whereas the tone of A Hazard of New Fortunes is gloomy.
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The tone of Main Street is contemplative, whereas the tone of A Hazard of New Fortunes is tense.
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The tone of Main Street is whimsical, whereas the tone of A Hazard of New Fortunes is solemn.
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The tone of Main Street is jovial, whereas the tone of A Hazard of New Fortunes is irritable.
