Discussion Questions
Directions: Brainstorm your answers to the following questions in the space provided Be prepared to
Share your righalles in a class discussion
1. The establishment of Chairman Mao's Red Guards is often looked to as an example of the
vulnerability of young people to propaganda, manipulation, and ideological myopia. Have
you seen or experienced any instances of this teenagers latching on to a cause or belief
without questioning it - in recent years? Have you learned of other instances of this in
history? Why do you think this happens?
2.
In the context of this text, why do people follow the crowd? Why do you think the students
in the Red Guard formed their army? What might other consequences of folowing the
crowd be?
3
Mao advocated for war as the means of progress, first in China, then for workers
worldwide. In your opinion, is war usually the most effective means for creating change?
What are other ways people create change in society? Which ways are the most effective
and under what drcumstances?

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.