<span>The atmosphere of a small town like Maycomb where everyone knows each other’s business makes people hide the “skeletons in their closets”. Everyone in Maycomb has a secret of some kind. Here are a few:
</span><span>Mr. Dolphus Raymond pretends to be an alcoholic so people of Maycomb have a way to explain why he has a black mistress and bi-racial children.
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<span>Mrs. Dubose hides her addiction to pain medication from the town. She is ashamed of her addiction, and vows to break it before she dies.
</span><span>Jem and Dill keep their adventures to see Boo Radley and invite him for ice cream from Atticus.</span>
Answer:
I believe the word that best describes the tone of the passage is:
3. philosophical.
Explanation:
The passage is questioning the very nature of man - our capacity to be both good and evil, vile and noble. The beginning of the passage itself presents a philosophical question: "Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent yet so vicious and base?" Philosophy has as its purpose the questioning of our assumptions and understandings concerning different topics - for instance life, morals, behavior, meanings, etc. A passage that questions human nature seems, therefore, to be a philosophical passage.
Answer:
The interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut's social criticism, it shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.
Explanation:
the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.
