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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
What is the author’s purpose for including this sentence?
A. to condemn the insincerity of his critics’ advice
B. to contrast the motivations of people in power
C. to explain the need for mutual understanding
D. to criticize people who treat others cruelly
Answer:
The author's purpose for including this sentence is:
A. to condemn the insincerity of his critics’ advice
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Explanation:
Dr. King mentions the "shallow understanding from people of good will" because of his critics. Unfortunately, even well-intentioned people will offer bad advice or undeserved criticism when their understanding of the subject is not deep. That, according to Dr. King, is "even more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will." Those who have good will could be of help, could make a difference. When, however, they do not make an effort to fully know the subject and to choose between right and wrong, they end up harming others.
Answer: The author uses irony to show the hilarity of the situation of the narrator. This creates surprise because it is not to be easily believed that they could be in a dream state.
Explanation:
Gulliver puts on his glasses to protect his eyes.
Alifa Rifaat's short story "Another Evening at the Club" paints a clear picture of the powerless, inferior role of women in Egyptian society: the main character Samia is trapped in an arranged marriage in which she is repeatedly forced into betraying her own values and beliefs.
For example, when Bey, her husband, says to Samia "Tell people you're from the well-known Barakat family and that your father was a judge," she is obliged to lie about her own family's social status, in spite of how she was raised to be an honest person, just for the sake of making Bey look more important in the public eye.
In the end, Bey forces Samia into the ultimate act of dishonesty: protecting a lie that is causing their servant to be tortured, only to avoid his husband's embarrassment, when he says "By now the whole town knows the servant stole the ring—or would you like me to tell everyone: 'Look,folks, the fact is that the wife got a bit tiddly on a couple of sips of beer and the ring took off on its own and hid itself behind the dressing-table."
