Answer:
When DVD players become obsolete 10 or 20 years from now, people won't have anything to help them remember this year of their lives.
Explanation:
A supporting statement is one where the stated claim is supported and given validation by another statement. This is done to substantiate the claims or arguments presented in the original statement.
In the given statement, the claim is that the use of DVD instead of a <em>"traditional yearbook"</em> is, according to the speaker, <em>"a terribly shortsighted one"</em>. This is because, in some years, the concept of DVD players will have become obsolete and new technological advances would have replaced them. This will render the DVD instead, while a traditional yearbook would have retained its contents no matter how many years pass. Moreover, the use of hard copies for yearbooks will allow a person to have easy access to its contents.
Thus, the claim that the DVD is a terribly shortsighted decision is supported by the fact that <u>people won't have anything to hold on to for memories once DVD players become obsolete in a decade or two</u>.
Answer:
iy was historic moment for the american people
Answer:
Poe uses the first line of the story to build suspense in the following manner:
C. Poe informs the reader that Fortunato has wronged the narrator but doesn't say specifically what Fortunato did which creates a sense of uncertainty.
Explanation:
This question is about the short story "The Cask of Amontillado," by author Edgar Allan Poe. Take a look at how the story begins:
<em>THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.</em><em> You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.</em>
<u>We get to know two things from the get-go: the narrator feels that Fortunato has offended him; and the narrator is adamant about avenging himself.</u>
<u>However, at no point does the narrator reveal what Fortunato has done. Apparently, Fortunato has injured him before. Now, it is an offense. But how can we trust this narrator if he does not reveal what happened? Maybe he is too sensitive and took things too personally. Maybe nothing happened at all- he might be insane, for all we know. We are left with this uncertainty, even though the narrator tells us we know him well. We do not. He does not offer us enough information to judge for ourselves.</u>
