Fitzgerald wants to portray and characterize the US society in the 30s. By making this question about race and their opinion about it, the author intends to characterize American society as competitive, a value that is repeated throughout the story. One of the main purpose of the novel, in fact, is to show how competitive, materialistic, and full of glamour the society is, especially the people who live in East Egg like Tom and Daisy.
C. a complete sentence
independent clauses can stand alone by themself
The kind of mood created in the opening of The Lottery is indeed cheerful, despite of how the plot develops later.
You're asked to describe the opening, not the whole story. Maybe the writer chose to set a cheerful mood in the opening in order to contrast it with the rest of the events or the characters in the story, and you're asked this specific question in order to notice this writing strategy.
1. C. 2.c. 3. A. 4. A 5 B
Answer:
Our conversation yesterday was INTENSE!
Explanation:
