This is from the book Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Mitch is trying to measure happiness by counting his accomplishments, not by its quality. He is treating it like a competition. He wants to control everything in his life, making it more calculated, empty, not happy.
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Options: (A) That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government, every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation.
(B)The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and their need, will defend to the death their native soils, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength, even though a large tract of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule.
Explanation:
World War II fought between the two groups (alliances), known as the Axis and the Allies. The Allies made out of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States. The purpose of this war was to stop Nazi Germany from conquering Europe.
The recent Allied military losses and challenging road ahead with the Nazis just days away from entering Paris, Winston Churchill decided to gave a speech to prepare his people for war. He delivered a famous speech called We shall fight on the beaches, to increase the morale of people. He pledges to fight and not to surrender.
Answer: to reveal that dictators manipulate others and use deception to further their ambitions.
Explanation:
Orwell's main purpose in this passage is to reveal that dictators manipulate others and use deception to further their ambitions.
Despite the famine and the food situation, Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and therefore he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression. This showed that he deceived others.