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Read A Dead Woman's Secret
By Guy de Maupassant
1880
How do the siblings' reactions to their mother's letters contribute to the theme of the text?
The siblings are shocked, contributing to the theme that people are not always as they seem.
The siblings are angered after learning about their real father, contributing to the theme that it is best to be honest with others.
The brother condemns their mother but the sister sympathizes with her, contributing to the theme of forgiving loved ones.
The siblings are shocked but still watch over their mother, contributing to the theme that it is best to be loyal to family.
Answer: The siblings are shocked, contributing to the theme that people are not always as they seem.
Explanation:
Through the letter, the siblings find out that their assumed virtuous mother had at least one love affair. After being raised by the now-deceased woman, who inculcated them a strict code of morality and religiosity to such extent that Marguerite had become a nun and the son a flawless magistrate, this discovery makes them furious, and they angrily leave her.
Answer:
In this short story by Ray Bradbury we can find many technologies similar to those we have today.
Explanation:
Here I will leave a list with the technological items in the story and their similar at present:
- The voice of the clock in the room: Although we do not use a clock that tells us "time to get up" over and over again, it is very common to have an alarm clock with some personalized sound, we can even put some song for the cell phone alarm.
- The breakfast oven that prepares the toasts: Today there are microwaves that you can program with a timer to turn them on.
- The voice that speaks about the news and the bills pending payment: This could be similar to the alarms or reminders that we program on our cell phone, where we can write down from birthdays to due dates of bills.
- The automatic garage door: Today there are automated doors that open at the push of a button.
- The dishwashing machine: That exists today, with the only difference that each person must put dirty dishes there.
- Mechanical mice: What resembles this today are electric vacuum cleaners, also programmable that one can leave to vacuum the house on their own.
- The garden water jets: This is also something that is used today.
The question above is incomplete, the complete version is given below:
Read this excerpt from
"Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk."
I wonder, when I look at the
bombed out peasant hamlets, the orphans begging and stealing on the streets of
Saigon and the women and children with napalm burns lying on the hospital cots,
whether the United States or any nation has the right to inflict this suffering
and degradation on another people for its own ends.<span>
How do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage?</span>
The allusions clarify the geographic locations visited by the
author.
The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the
Vietnam conflict.
The allusions question the Vietnamese for allowing such a
violent war.
<span>The allusions criticize the political philosophies that
encourage suffering.</span>
<span>ANSWER</span>
The correct option is this: THE ALLUSION CRITICIZE THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES THAT ENCOURAGE SUFFERING. Allusion is a figure of speech, which refers to an object or a circumstance from an external context. In the passage given above, the author is questioning the political morality behind war. War usually result in great suffering for all involved and the author is wondering, if is morally correct for countries to be settling their differences by mean of warfare.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
A satire is a statement meant to make fun or mock a particular idea. Hyperbole is intention exaggeration. So, satirical hyperbole is the combination of both. In option B, the writer is trying to disagree and make fun of the curfew idea comparing it to a rainy day, which is obviously not possible.
