What is the excerpt talking about in this?
Answer:
1. Gatsby certainly did love Daisy, and all she represented to him - -success, power, and glamor. She was the unattainable, his Dream. However, Gatsby creates this love for Daisy, just as he creates a fantasy life. She is integral to his dream for success.
number 2 is asking to apply YOUR own life. this one I can't answer.
3. t's about the costs of fantasy—inevitable costs, since our dreams and fantasies are part of who we are. ... (Gatsby, Nick concludes, made the mistake of “living too long with a single dream”; this makes him admirable, but also unwise, even delusional.) A kind of fatigue sets in.
4. However, I inferred you are referring to the article written by Joshua Rothman in the Newyorker entitled "The Serious Superficiality of The Great Gatsby".
5. 1) The American dream 2) Gatsby's love for Daisy
Explanation:
I would highly suggest you look at cliff notes or spark notes. I read this back in high school and The 2 sites were very helpful with answering questions like this! hope this helps.
The argument that uses a non sequitur fallacy is C, "Regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution"
Explanation: Non sequitur fallacy is when the conclusion doesn't follow the premises. That said in different words, the premises is an irrelevant reason to support the conclusion.
So, as true as it is that factories are a bigger source of pollution, the conclusion does not follow from the premises. The fact that regulations on motorists should be lifted, does not necessarily mean that the reason to do that is that factories are a bigger source of pollution.
Answer:
B. The discovery of the shipwrecks represents the only evidence of Spain’s several attempts to establish a permanent residence in Florida.
Explanation:
I choose B because after reading the excerpt and looking at the possible answers, I concluded that the most likely answer was B. The discovery of the shipwrecks represents the only evidence of Spain’s several attempts to establish a permanent residence in Florida.
