Excerpt from A Charmed Life Richard Harding Davis 4"You mustn't think," she said, "that I am one of those silly girls who would
beg you not to go to war." 5At the moment of speaking her cheek happened to be resting against his, and his arm was about her, so he humbly bent his head and kissed her, and whispered very proudly and softly, "No, dearest." 6At which she withdrew from him frowning. 7"No! I'm not a bit like those girls," she proclaimed. "I merely tell you, YOU CAN'T GO! My gracious!" she cried, helplessly. She knew the words fell short of expressing her distress, but her education had not supplied her with exclamations of greater violence. What is the author's purpose in including paragraph 4 where Miss Armitage speaks of entreating Chesterton not to go to war by saying, "You mustn't think... that I am one of those silly girls who would beg you not to go to war." A) to separate herself from others in high society B) to state that she is not opposed to him going to war C) to contrast the absolute command in paragraph 7 where she adamantly tells him he will not to go D) to show her deep concern that he will misjudge her forgiving nature and try to enlist in the military
While Miss Armitage *is* separating herself from "those silly girls," she is doing so because they would beg him not to go. She, on the other hand, is "merely" commanding him. Therefore, she is contrasting those who would beg with herself, who is absolutely commanding.
C) to contrast the absolute command in paragraph 7 where she adamantly tells him he will not to go.
Explanation:
While Miss Armitage *is* isolating herself from "those silly young ladies," she is doing as such on the grounds that they would implore him not to go. She, then again, is "simply" ordering him. Consequently, she is differentiating the individuals who might ask with herself, who is completely telling.
D. It shows the shift in Glen Curtis's career by stating the fact that he went from being an unknown person to becoming a celebrity.
Explanation:
Using knowledge gained from the Red Wing and the White Wing, Curtiss built the "June Bug", outfitted with additional improvements. This airplane responded so well in testing, that Curtiss determined to enter it in competition for the Scientific American trophy. He won the first leg in 1908.
He did an aircraft and named it the "Hudson Flyer". He won the prize money, nationwide recognition, and in the process, won the third leg of the Scientific American Competition and permanent possession of the coveted trophy.
A final high point in Curtiss's aviation career came in 1919, when the U.S.Navy Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat became the first aircraft to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean.
I believe that the best answer to this will be (IRONY).
By definition, irony is a state of affairs or event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing. Here, its ironic that on the same day that Sekhar decides to be brutally honest, his boss asks him to critique his music.
