We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium. what will the legacy of this vanishing century be? how will it be remembered in the new millennium? surely it will be judged, and judged severely, in both moral and metaphysical terms. these failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two world wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations (gandhi, the kennedys, martin luther king, sadat, rabin), bloodbaths in cambodia and algeria, india and pakistan, ireland and rwanda, eritrea and ethiopia, sarajevo and kosovo; the inhumanity in the gulag and the tragedy of hiroshima. and, on a different level, of course, auschwitz and treblinka. so much violence; so much indifference. what does wiesel use to develop his claims in this passage? a. he lists several international examples of human suffering. b. he identifies a number of experts he knows. c. he uses statistics to support his claim. d. he shares his personal experience with oppression.

Focus question: miss maudie says, “atticus finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (61). what evidence so far proves this true?

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.