read the excerpt from infinite jest.
i cannot make myself understood. "i am not just a jock," i say slowly. distinctly. "my transcript for the last year miç
have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. the grades prior to that are de moi." my
eyes are closed; the room is silent. "i cannot make myself understood, now." i am speaking slowly and distinctly.
“call it something i ate."
which statement best says how wallace lapplores the conflict between personal and societal realities?
wallace uses objective facts to show the conflict that can occur when people are dishonest about their pasts.
wallace uses characters actions to show the conflict that can occur between society and people who act in nonconforn
ways.
wallace uses descriptions to show the conflict that can occur when people are placed in unnatural settings.
wallace uses dialogue to show the conflict that can occur between inner perceptions of self and outside perceptions of
self.

How did the industrial revolution shape the beliefs of the romantics

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

Which of the following is an appeal to reason? (5 points) a statistics or other facts that will bring audiences to a logical conclusion b positive references to the audience's sense of right versus wrong c strong organization and use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar d descriptions of events or places that have meanings to the audience