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Answer:
It means that firefighters have the ability to hide the freedom and individuality of themselves and the population.
Explanation:
This question is about the book "Fahrenheit 451". In this book, firefighters are charged with burning any book that is found with any citizen. This is because this book takes place in a society where books are prohibited by a government that wants to completely dominate all factors of freedom, knowledge and individuality in society.
For this reason, we can say that the statement that firefighters are the "custodians of [society's] peace of mind, the focus of [the] understandable and rightful dread of being inferior," means that they have the ability to promote intransparence in relation to the sense of freedom and individuality.
A is the incorrect option
The options in this question are missing; here are the options:
Read the sentence. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, now crafts are used mainly for decoration. Which revision most effectively corrects the comma splice?
A. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
B. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, but now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
C. Crafts once fulfilling useful purposes but now used mainly for decoration.
D. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, even now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
The correct answer is B. Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, but now crafts are used mainly for decoration.
Explanation:
In the sentence "Crafts once fulfilled useful purposes, now crafts are used mainly for decoration" there is comma splice because a comma was used to separate two complete and independent sentences, which is a grammatical error. This error can be easily corrected by replacing the comma for a semicolon (;), which can join complete sentences; or by adding a conjunction such as "but" and leaving the comma because it is correct to have a comma followed by a conjunction to join sentences. This last option is used in sentence B.