Answer:
C - A poignant description of the strengths and faults of America.
Explanation:
The author uses the words and phrases 'her vigor', 'might and granite wonders', 'pricess treasures' to describe the strengths of America and 'bread of bitterness', 'cultured hell', 'darkly I gaze a head' to describe the faults.
Answer:
The description about Gatsby's house shows that he is a person who wants to impress people by projecting himself as a rich man.
Explanation:
"The Great Gatsby" by "F. Scott Fitzgerald" is story about Jay Gatsby who has main motive of winning Daisy in his life by showing off his money. He wants to impress her and other people by the huge mansion he owns. He wishes to win back Daisy, who is married to Tom, by showing his richness and luxurious life. He is like a person whom we call 'new money' and wants to project himself as someone else.
New money is referred to a person who has gained money by sheer hard work and has not inherited one.
A. swim because B doesn't make sense, neither does D. It could be A or C, but I'd pick A. I did this test before and I picked A, and got 80 % so good luck ;)
The answer is: to suggest the hopelessness of Zeitoun’s situation.
In the excerpt from "Zeitoun," the author Dave Eggers makes reference to Zeitoun's feeling of devastation as the sees New Orleans underwater after hurricane Katrina. For instance, the narrator describes how the whole city is submerged and that nothing other than water can be seen around Zeitoun's tent. The protagonist also looks for people, animals or machines moving, but he sees nothing until the helicopter flies around.
