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read these passages:

it was at the theater and at carnegie hall that paul really lived; the rest was but a sleep and a forgetting. this was paul’s fairy tale, and it had for him all the allurement of a secret love.…

it was to be worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of cordelia street were to close over him finally and forever. the gray monotony stretched before him in hopeless, unrelieved years; sabbath school, young peoples meeting, the yellow-papered room, the damp dishtowels; it all rushed back upon him with a sickening vividness. he had the old feeling that the orchestra had suddenly stopped, the sinking sensation that the play was over….

the carnations in his coat were drooping with the cold, he noticed, their red glory all over. it occurred to him that all the flowers he had seen in the glass cases that first night must have gone the same way, long before this. it was only one splendid breath they had, in spite of their brave mockery at the winter outside the glass; and it was a losing game in the end…

write a paragraph in which you analyze how the context and language structures of the passages convey willa cather’s intent and viewpoint in “paul’s case.” use details from the passages to support your main idea.

{asap} select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. lines highlighted: - there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, - they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather - i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, - i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.

Which sentence contains the central claim in "compulsory voting: an idea whose time has come" by tor hunter?

Which is the best statement of what the speaker wants? a) to become a political leader b) to no longer have to plant crops c) to be treated fairly and equally d) to move to a country that respects women