"The gold key is a pretty horrific symbol of the lengths the government will go to in order to brainwash children into enlisting in the military. They tell them that this key will get them into heaven if they die at war. This harkens back to ancient religious wars, like the Crusades, where dying a martyr was the best possible thing a boy could do. Although, in reality, all it means is that they died as pawns of the government.
This key is an especially repulsive symbol because it holds absolutely no intrinsic value—it's "a plastic key painted gold" (13.34). The Iranian military couldn't even give kids something of value to lure them into war, something they might be able to melt down for money. Of course, what value does money have to a martyr? You can't spend it when you're in the theoretical halls of heaven, with more virgins for the taking than you know what to do with."
Answer:
who told you that?
Explanation:
BS. the root of all evil is me :)
Infinitive phrases
starts with infinitives that is, “to” added by a simple verb and can be used as
nouns, adjectives or adverbs. In the case of including a main clause in the
sentence, infinitive phrase separates it with comma.
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To
speak clearly’ and ‘to being understood’ are used as an adverb because ‘to’
precedes to the word ‘speak’ which is a verb, an action word.
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Adverbs are words used in shifting or adding meaning
of a verb, clause, adjective, or another adverb. They can be used if: firstly,
a sentence contains a subject and a predicate. Secondly, when a subordinate
conjunction is used and thirdly, if it answer the ‘adverbial questions’ – when,
why, when and how. It is also further categorized to time, place, manner,
degree, condition, concession and reason.</span>
According to the words used by the poet, they made the reader visualize a little village with a group of hardworking men. I know this because of the little details the poet used, like ‘washing their red hands’, or ‘easing their stiff limbs’, meaning that they are tired for an exhausting day of work. To sum it up, the poet gave the effect of a hard working, nostalgic effect.
The answer is (C). Creating an outline is a useful tip in the prewriting stage.
