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what does the irony in these excerpts from “in another country” by ernest hemingway convey?

the doctor came up to the machine where i was sitting and said: "what did you like best to do before the war? did you practice a sport? "

i said: "yes, football."

"good," he said. "you will be able to play football again better than ever."

my knee did not bend and the leg dropped straight from the knee to the ankle without a calf, and the machine was to bend the knee and make it move as riding a tricycle.

. . in the next machine was a major who had a little hand like a baby's. he winked at me when the doctor examined his hand, which was between two leather straps that bounced up and down and flapped the stiff fingers, and said: "and will i too play football, captain-doctor? " he had been a very great fencer, and before the war the greatest fencer in italy.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Read the passage to determine the meaning of the word humanities. studying the humanities, such as art, literature, and philosophy, can you understand an ancient society. use the drop-down menus to answer the questions. what is the most likely meaning of the word humanities?

Answer the questions below about benjamin franklin's autobiography and the interesting narrative life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african. a.) how are the structures of these autobiographies similar? b.) what is similar about the lives of these two men?