Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest. "My application's not bought,'I am telling them, calling into the darkness of the red cave that opens out before
closed eyes. 'I am not just a boy who plays tennis. I have an intricate history. Experiences and feelings. I'm
complex.
'I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume
libraries. I wear out spines and ROM-drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it."
My instincts concerning syntax and mechanics are better than your own, I can tell, with due respect.
What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs. society conflict?
The narrator is uncomfortable and defensive.
O The narrator has destroyed school property.
The narrator earns good grades in school.
The narrator is being prished for his behavior.

- The narrator has destroyed school property.

Explanation:

As per the given excerpt, the most likely deduction that the readers can draw regarding the disagreement between the character and the society would be the destruction of the school property by the narrator. The readers can make this deduction as the narrator suffers the mental illness and the struggle of being accepted and understood by the school authority as reflected by his grappling words 'I read...I bet I've read everything you've read...with due respect.' Thus, the readers can conclude that it was the narrator who had demolished the property of the school as the consequence of ignorance over his request.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.