This is from the book the giver WELP.

We now know for sure what "Release" means. When the elderly/sick/infants are "Released" they are humanely euthanized (put to sleep/killed).

Respond to the following questions:

1. Why would The Community euthanize people like this? What's the point? (1-2 sentences)
2. Do you think this is a valid reason/practice? Why/why not? (2-3 sentences)
3. There are clinics around the world that, if a person requests due to severe illness/disability, will allow them to euthanize themselves. However, in many states/countries/territories including in the US, it is illegal. Do you think severely ill/disabled/dying people should be allowed to "Request Release" in our world? Why/Why not? (2-3 sentences)

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Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Why would viktoria most likely include this paragraph in the middle of her essay? to introduce the main challenge she faces to explain some of the obstacles she faces to explain how she overcomes her obstacles to discuss how the challenge changes her