Answer and Explanation:
I believe the author, Ambrose Bierce, used the surprising ending of his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" to indirectly criticize romanticism. Romanticism is characterized by idealization of people, especially women, as well a the supernatural interfering in people's lives - among other characteristics. At first, that seems to be the path Bierce has taken with this story. When the main character, Peyton Farquhar, is about to be hanged, the noose of the rope breaks, and he escapes. He begins to swim and later walk back home, so far indicating an ideal ending based on luck and chance.
However, a more attentive reader already begins to notice something strange about all this. Not only is Peyton having alarming symptoms all over his body, but going back home would not be a clever alternative. The soldiers could very well follow him home and kill him there. It turns out that Peyton has never escaped. The noose breaking, his returning home and meeting with his lovely wife, all of it was just a brief hallucination. He dies hanging from the bridge. There is no romantic ending to this story, but a more realistic - and crude - one.
Answer:
1. context - the parts of a sentence that influence the meaning of a word
2. root - the part of a word to which prefixes and suffixes are added
3. obsolete - something that is no longer used
4. peers - persons of the same grade, age, rank, etc
Explanation:
A. friends is supposed to be spelled friend's to show ownership
Answer:
Student: Sir, should we make a statistical assessment of the results of the project?
CS teacher: I believe so, but I would like to see the results first and read the summary of your project, to indicate the best evaluation.
Student: If it is not necessary, I believe that we can finalize the project. Perhaps we can present it at the university's next science and technology symposium.
CS teacher: Send me what you've done so far, so I can evaluate it better. In addition, I need you to review the delivery dates for articles from the university magazine, to see if we can publish an article for this project.
Student: I'll see that right now.
CS teacher: Thank you.
Explanation:
The dialogue above was made between a student and a CS teacher about the completion of a project. This dialogue involves the evaluation of results and the publication of possible articles, in addition to the presentation of the same.
The dialogue was done in a fast, direct and clear language, as it should be between students and teachers busy with projects and dates and other bureaucracies in the academic environment.
