Answer:The story of Harrison Bergeron is enticingly different than any other. It opened my mind to new ideas and changed the way I think about issues and situations. In the movie and short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” the characters live in a much different world than the one we live in. In Harrison Bergeron, the American government was overthrown for the purpose of removing competition. This means everybody is now paid the same, their grades need to be average, but most importantly, they are required to wear bands on their heads that protect them from thinking creatively. These kinds of ideas, ones that go outside of the norm, conflict the government. Despite this, Harrison Bergeron excels in all his classes and begins to question his everyday life. Eventually he learns that the people that work for the government don’t wear bands and are allowed to compete freely. After hearing real, divine music and seeing dazzling art, he realizes that the people living in America are missing competition as an imperative part of their lives. As a result, he tries to disrupt their boring cycle of being by broadcasting the music and art on television, prompting people to take off their bands.
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A) When she says “I don’t see the power, the confidence you say I have,” she’s saying that other people see her in a way that she can never see herself as
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that best reveals the allegorical nature of this short story is option D. "With a shuddering impulse, that showed her a woman still, the widow clasped her skinny hands before her face, and wished that the coffin-lid were over it, since it could be no longer beautiful. "
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15. Have <u>you</u> ever been to Oregon?
(Turn into a statement --> You have ever been to Oregon)
16. The <u>plane</u> crashed on July 1, 1952.
17. My <u>neighbors</u> n saw the moving van.
18. Some loud <u>sirens</u> were also heard.
19. The <u>music</u> could be heard two blocks away.
20. This <u>area</u> of the country is dry and barren.
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Verbs show the the action that the subject is doing. The bolded words are verbs, as they are the action. Subjects are the thing or person doing the action. Subjects can be a person, place, thing , or idea.
