Well, a degree isn't required to apply for entry-level positions and because of this students can choose to pursue a Associate Of Applied Science degree, so the answer to your question is, yes.
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I think it is personification, because personification means to make non living things sound real, and the lines 149-151 follow that. “The taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note.”
Which of these apply? i think it would be rainsford and zaroff