Answer:
A It's better to be honest than to pretend to be something you're not.
Explanation:
From the book, Scout's honor, the main character tried to appear tougher than he actually was to his friends. He joined the Boy's scout. He reached Tenderfoot foot rank which was the lowest rank that is gotten by becoming a Scout.
He wanted to move to the next rank, but part of the requirement involved camping and our protagonist was yet to leave the city alone before. He decided to tell his friends, Horse and Max and they all agreed to go camping, just to appear tough. On their way to the camp, the group encountered a lot of problems which shows how unprepared they were. At the end of the day, they all admitted they undertook the foolhardy journey just to appear tough and decided to go home.
They were not honest about themselves not being tough and had to undertake a dangerous and ill planned journey.
Answer: The sentences in this excerpt from John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse" that show the postmodern element of self-reflexivity are 3) Initials, blanks, or both were often substituted for proper names in nineteenth century fiction to enhance the illusion of reality and 4) Interestingly, as with other aspects of realism, it is an illusion that is being enhanced, by purely artificial means.
Explanation: Self-reflexivity is a recurring element in postmodern literature. <u>Self-reflexivity consists in including passages or statements which aim to reflect about the language itself and the process of writing</u>. In that way, it functions as a literary device and <u>it focuses on dealing with the manners of composition</u>. In sentence 3, the author makes reference to literary strategies of the nineteenth century and, in sentence 4, he alludes to the writing process of realist writers.
Answer:
I have a feeling that you are up to something
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