Answer: A) Our universe is filled with powerful but fascinating objects and C) Despite the complexity of the universe, humans can understand how it works.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from “Death by Black Hole” by Neil deGrasse Tyson, we can see a description of how black holes are common in the cores of galaxies, and how their luminosity depends on the availability of stars and gas around the black hole, in addition to this explanation, the messages that Tyson conveys within this passage are that our universe is filled with powerful but fascinating objects (like black holes, stars or galaxies) and that despite the complexity of the universe, humans can understand how it works (he expresses this idea by saying that we can use the back of an envelope to calculate whether the attracting central mass is, indeed, concentrated enough to be a black hole).
<span>One of the rules that Waverly’s family holds on to is the dependency that a daughter has on her mother. Waverly’s mother wants Waverly to be dependent on her for care and nurturing. Also, holding on to Asian values is another rule that Waverly’s family holds on to. They don’t want Waverly to be Americanized. Also, the family holds on to the rule that males should be higher achievers than females.</span>
<span>--to shame the greedy people who have contributed to Ireland’s poverty instead of trying to help eradicate it
</span>The entirety of Swift's "A Modest Proposal" centers around this idea. He is showing that the government and rich are only making things worse and can't imagine that any other country has ever been or will ever be so bad. Starting at "of taxing our absentees", Swift is listing some of the major problems that the government and rich of Ireland are imposing on the poor.
Answer:
Uncertain
Explanation:
You can see the narrator not very sure of things. He reminds himself that the smell of dirt was not to be feared, but since he needs to remind himself, we do sense that the narrator does fear the smell. This: "loathed these errands and doubted my ability to discern a peach from a pear in the dim light" is another sentence that shows uncertainty. In the end, some shadow that can't clearly be discerned is more more thing that contributes to the tone.
