In this excerpt from the "checkers" speech by president richard nixon, which sentence can best be considered the thesis statement?

1. but all of these people and all of these allowances are for strictly official business; business, for example, when a constituent writes in and wants you to go down to the veteran's administration and get some information about his gi policy—items of that type, for example. but there are other expenses which are not covered by the government. and i think i can best discuss those expenses by asking you some questions.

do you think that when i or any other senator makes a political speech, has it printed, should charge the printing of that speech and the mailing of that speech to the taxpayers? do you think, for example, when i or any other senator makes a trip to his home state to make a purely political speech that the cost of that trip should be charged to the taxpayers? do you think when a senator makes political broadcasts or political television broadcasts, radio or television, that the expense of those broadcasts should be charged to the taxpayers?

2. well i know what your answer is. it's the same answer that audiences give me whenever i discuss this particular problem: the answer is no.

3.the taxpayers shouldn't be required to finance items which are not official business but which are primarily political business.

3.The taxpayers shouldn't be required to finance items which are not official business but which are primarily political business.

In this speech, the thesis statement is that taxpayers should not be required to finance items which are not official business, but which are political business. We know that this is the thesis statement because the rest of the information is meant to provide supporting details. For example, Nixon poses questions to the readers, such as whether voters should pay for a political trip of a senator. If the readers answer no, as Nixon believes they would, then the readers support his point.

animal farm, written by george orwell, is a representation of russia after the revolution that led stalin to take over power.

in this excerpt, the central idea seems to be that the animals (a representation of society), when they believe to be working for a greater good and equality, are obedient and productive. they were convinced that, after expelling the owner (jones) from the farm, they would live in harmony and be fairly treated.

as we know, the pigs become the leaders and grow more selfish and dictatorial with time. in the end, they look and act in a way so similar to humans that it is impossible to tell the difference. the ideals of equality are shattered, and the farm turns out to be worse than it was before. the animals are manipulated with false propaganda and forced to work in order to enrich the pigs.

the author develops a cold, and scared tone. making the reader shudder with fear, and suddenly become cold. i'm guessing that he's writing a scary novel, or maybe about a chilly december night.