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A summary of Themes in Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron. You can also ask What do you consider to be the message of Harrison Bergeron?,What is the message behind Harrison Bergeron?, and Would society be better off with Harrison in charge?
A Possible Explanation: I believe the metaphor at the end, "being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun", is referring back to the personification/simile seen here: "midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses".
In tandem, the word lemmings has two meanings, as read in the dictionary: "a small, short-tailed, thickset rodent related to the voles, found in the Arctic tundra."
and
"a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction."
I believe "autumn's fire" and "the sun" are both symbolic of war, an idea of it, and/or passion for it. I read that this poem is criticizing the human aspect that is war and how short-lived and ignorant it all ends up coming out to be.
I hope this helps ♡
Hi Ashley.
For 20.)
"Harvey was consumed by the idea that he could actually win the pizza-making contest and the trip to Italy."
From a first glance, we can already determine that this is a use of figurative language because Harvey was not literally consumed (or eaten as mentioned in definition #2), which means we can eliminate answer choice B.
We can also eliminate answer choice #1 and #3, or answer choices A and C; because we can determine that he was not actually destroyed or burned.
This leaves us with our only remaining answer choice and definition,
D.) Definition 4.
This actually fits as Harvey's attention was completely focused on the idea he could win the pizza-making contest and the trip to Italy.
For 21.)
This problem is looking for any grammatical errors in the sentences listed below. From a first glance, answer choice A can be eliminated as it has perfect grammar.
Answer choice B can be eliminated as it has no grammatical errors, too.
Answer choice D can be eliminated as it has no grammatical errors;
however, we can select answer choice C.) as the correct answer.
I hope this helps!
The statement that best defines the term 'rhetoric' is "Rhetoric is the art of effective, persuasive speaking or writing". Rhetoric is the art of writing and speaking in an effective way with the purpose of persuading an individual or a group to do something or to share the same ideas......
The best answer among the following choices would be the third option C).
