Complete Question:
"The distance was about fifty yards--a hard shot in the dim light, and his right arm was paining him like a thousand devils. He took a steady aim. His hand trembled with eagerness. Pressing his lips together, he took a deep breath through his nostrils and fired." Which description of the sniper BEST matches the details in this passage?
a) He became bitten by remorse
b) He felt reckless under the influence of the spirit
c) He had been too excellent to eat
d) His eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic
Answer:
He felt reckless under the influence of the spirit
Explanation:
This sniper is a novella written in the beginning of the Irish Civil War throughout the battle of Dublin, and by the Irish author Liam O'Flaherty.
He drained a drought with the whisky out of his coat. Under the power of the mind he felt irresponsible. He wanted now to quit the roof and search for a briefing from the head of his organisation. It was silent all around.
There was little risk in the streets. His revolver was picked up and put into his coat. Then the skylight came down to the building below.
Answer:
1.her to ask 2. asking 3.illustrating
Explanation:
that's the answer
Answer:
Tell how you would feel
Explanation:
Its saying if someone said something hateful, how would you feel and what would you do in that situation.
George Bergeron's character is, literally, extremely intelligent, strong, and capable. We know this because of the number of handicaps he is forced to wear by the government. His weights, for example, are so tiring that his wife suggests he risk removing them even thought the consequences are severe for doing so.
Because of his handicaps, George is a character who is incapable of changing, reacting to a situation, or even remembering what he his doing and he is such a rule-follower that he won't use his intelligence or strength to go against the government.
A reader can see that the handicaps put on George are a metaphor for the burdens that the majority of the population of America are encumbered by in real life. While most people don't have pounds of bird-shot strapped to their necks, it is clear that people ARE burdened by great amounts of debt, jobs that pay little, stresses like large families, consumerism, etc that hold them back from participating fully in life. The "handicaps'' of the story are literally meant to show how much weight we are putting on the wrong things in our lives.
Vonnegut uses characters like George to demonstrate how little people are actually living. They are flat, unfeeling, unemotional, and unable to communicate, resist, or change. It is obvious that George SHOULD react to seeing his son's violent death broadcast on national television, but he is completely incapable of doing so because of the handicaps attached to him. The lack of character development, coupled with the excellent description of George's strengths due to his handicaps is what allows a reader to understand that the character is meant to be criticized. Readers are meant to ask themselves, how could he not react? How could he not remember? Why won't he question the ideals of the government? Why won't he risk himself for something that could save his son?
