Why was the killing of Harrison Bergeron so significant? Did Harrison have to die for the sake of the society?

Harrison Bergeron's death serves as a critical symbol of the oppressive cost of enforced equality in Kurt Vonnegut's dystopian society. It highlights the government's extreme measures to suppress individuality and excellence, provoking thought about the value of individualism.

The killing of Harrison Bergeron is significant as it represents a critique of a society overly obsessed with equality and control, to the point of suppressing individuality and excellence. Kurt Vonnegut, in his short story 'Harrison Bergeron', creates a dystopian future where the government enforces equality by handicapping the gifted, intelligent, and beautiful.

Harrison's death is not essential for the society per se; instead, his assassination becomes a powerful symbol of the cost of maintaining such an oppressive social order. In a way, Harrison had to die in the context of the story to highlight the extreme measures the government would take to ensure no one exceeds the boundaries of 'normalcy' imposed upon them. Through Harrison's martyrdom, Vonnegut urges readers to contemplate the value of individualism and the dangers of a society where sameness is enforced at the expense of freedom and progress.

Which of the following is an example of oxymoron?
A. From the day he came, Danny has been the most devilish angel I'd ever met.
B. Uncle Steve is the size of a whale and has about as much personality.
C. I've crossed a thousand oceans to stand before you and confess my love.
D. The new attorney is a lion in the courtroom — patient, cunning, and fierce.

Based on what you have learned in act 1, what kind of conflict does Hamlet’s struggle with Claudius exemplify?

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What evidence does Atticus discover that suggests that Bob Ewell was killed by Boo Radley?

Boo Radley was drunk
Bob Ewell was drunk.
Bob Ewell wasn't killed with his own knife.
Bob Ewell was killed with his own knife.

Which does not take up the cause of equal rights for races or genders?

A. King's I have have a Dream

B. Paine's Common Sense

C. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech.

D. Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.

6) What is the best way to combine these two sentences into one without changing the meaning? The Winter Olympics are fun to watch on television. Some of my favorite events are skiing, skating, and bobsledding. A) My favorite event during the Winter Olympics is speed skating. B) Some of my favorite televised events during the Winter Olympics are skiing, skating, and bobsledding. C) During the Winter Olympics, my television is always on. D) Skiing, skating, and bobsledding are fun sports in which to participate.

What does the author mean by the following quote from paragraph 7, and how does it develop the central ideas of the article?: “When leaders attempt to navigate the slippery slope of fairness, they will find themselves arbiter of public opinion and hostage to the politically correct.”

Based on the excerpt, what conclusion can readers draw about Guenever?
A) She treats people with compassion. B) She is admired for her intelligence. C) She feels uncomfortable in crowds. D) She is held in high esteem.

With whom is Gulliver engaged in a character vs. character conflict? A. Glumdalclitch B. the king C. the queen D. the farmer


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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degrees. In this excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve, which word is a multiple-meaning word?
1. companion
2. degrees
3. seasons
4. varying

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows.

[1] "A tiger dies and leaves a skin. [2] A man dies and leaves a name." [3] This ancient Chinese proverb illustrates the fundamental quality of man that distinguishes him from the animals--the power to think and reason. [4] He can decide what his future will hold. In the molding and shaping of his life, man exerts an influence on all whom he encounters. [5] He has the ability to choose the type of influence he will have. [6] A tiger, unlike a man, has no control over either his environment or his destiny. [7] Though he is a majestic animal that prowls the jungle with pride and assurance, terrorizing both man and beast, his actions are governed only by the laws of nature. [8] His death leaves the world unchanged; he exerts no lasting influence. [9] When a man dies, however, he may continue to influence others through his accomplished goals and through the traits and ideas he has passed on.

Which of the following generalizations is justified based on the facts given in the preceding paragraph?

The author believes one person can make a difference.
Tigers are a menace.
Man has the ability to reason.

Based on your exploration, what might cause variations in dialect among speakers from the same region? Check all of the boxes that apply.

gender differences

different ethnic backgrounds

English spoken as a second language

educational or occupational differences

geographical differences within a state

Later, Nwoye went to his mother’s hut and told her that Ikemefuna was going home. She immediately dropped her pestle with which she was grinding pepper, folded her arms across her breast and sighed, “Poor child.” What is the probable connotation of the underlined phrase “Poor child” in this excerpt?

Which of the following is an example of extensive writing?

A.) writing a poem that you do not share
B.) writing notes in a private journal
C.) writing a story that is personal and not for publication
D.) writing an essay on a research topic

What is the difference between reflexive and extensive writing? Reflexive writing is written for publication, while extensive writing is written for the classroom. Reflexive writing is not meant to be shared, while extensive writing is. Reflexive writing is used by accomplished writers, while extensive writing is used by beginning writers. Reflexive writing includes dialogue, while extensive writing does not.

which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

A. the children didnt eat the delicious-smelling cookies.

B. even though they smelled the delicious. the cookies were not eaten by the children.

C. the children didnt eat the cookies, even though the cookies smelled delicious

D. even though they smelled delicious, the children didnt eat the cookies

Without knowing it, the right and left-handed twins built balance into the world. The plant-eating animals created by the right-handed twin balanced out the meat-eating animals created by the left-handed twin. And so the world thrived, and this was good. Which statement best describes the purpose of this excerpt?

His mother and sisters worked hard enough, but they grew women’s crops, like coco-yams, beans, and cassava Yam, the king of the crops, was a man’s crop. What do yams symbolize in the Igbo society?

What is the best answer for character arc?
A.) A character arc can involve a character staying exactly the same.
B.) A character arc is how a character changes and grows over the course of a story.
C.) A character arc follows how the author changes.
D.) A character arc involves the author's journey.

“The death penalty does not deter crime and should therefore be abolished in the United States”

This is an example of which type of claim?
A- Claim of definition
B- Claim of fact
C- Claim of policy
D- Claim of value

Jeremy's topic is recycling
Which source would provide the best info for jeremy's topic

A.a pop song
B.a newspaper article about a change in local recycling services
C.an encyclopedia entry on recycling
D.a panting on a giant landfall

from the contex of the paragraph, which word BEST describes the uncle who is the official in the Treasury

Often Scyld Scefing seized mead-benches from enemy troops, from many a clan; he terrified warriors, even though first he was found a waif, helpless. For that came a remedy, he grew under heaven, prospered in honors until every last one of the bordering nations beyond the whale-road had to heed him, pay him tribute. He was a good king!

The author most likely uses this setting to develop which themes?

A. The importance of life and death, destiny, and honor.
B. The struggles of loss and sorrow, old age, and defeat.
C. The questions, mystery, and challenges of life.
D. The cycle of rulers and servants, poverty, and treasure.

Read the passage.

President Theodore Roosevelt was an avid supporter of conserving America’s natural resources. During his administration, the National Park System grew dramatically. He also created 51 Federal Bird Reserves which eventually became national wildlife refuges. His conservation efforts encompassed over 230 million acres of public land.

excerpt from "Conservation As a National Duty" by President Theodore Roosevelt, May 13, 1908

With the rise of peoples from savagery to civilization, and with the consequent growth in the extent and variety of the needs of the average man, there comes a steadily increasing growth of the amount demanded by this average man from the actual resources of the country. And yet, rather curiously, at the same time that there comes that increase in what the average man demands from the resources, he is apt to grow to lose the sense of his dependence upon nature. He lives in big cities. He deals in industries that do not bring him in close touch with nature. He does not realize the demands he is making upon nature. . . .

Savages, and very primitive peoples generally, concern themselves only with superficial natural resources; with those which they obtain from the actual surface of the ground. As peoples become a little less primitive, their industries, although in a rude manner, are extended to resources below the surface; then, with what we call civilization and the extension of knowledge, more resources come into use, industries are multiplied, and foresight begins to become a necessary and prominent factor in life. Crops are cultivated; animals are domesticated, and metals are mastered. . . .

Every step of the progress of mankind is marked by the discovery and use of natural resources previously unused. Without such progressive knowledge and utilization of natural resources population could not grow, nor industries multiply, nor the hidden wealth of the earth be developed for the benefit of mankind.

From the first beginnings of civilization, on the banks of the Nile and the Euphrates, the industrial progress of the world has gone on slowly, with occasional setbacks, but on the whole steadily, through tens of centuries to the present day.

It never does advance by jumps, gentlemen. It always goes slowly. There are occasional setbacks, but on the whole, it goes steadily.

Reread this quotation from the passage.

, . . .with what we call civilization and the extension of knowledge, more resources come into use, industries are multiplied, and foresight begins to become a necessary and prominent factor in life. Crops are cultivated; animals are domesticated; and metals are mastered. . . .

How does Roosevelt use repetition as rhetoric to advance his purpose?


to explain that the growth of civilization is important to advance the human race

to establish that knowledge and industry are interdependent

to show that industries require unlimited natural resources

to demonstrate that people need to manage their use of natural resources

The fat brown cat was tired. Which word is the predicate adjective?

The Clean Power Plan avoids up to 150,000 asthma attacks in children. This fact is evidence of the sub-claim that
A. the CPP is important
B. the CPP protects public health
C. the CPP fights climate change while supplying Americans with reliable and affordable power
D. the CPP moves the United States toward a cleaner environment

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening. Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon's mouth in days gone by. He resented the intrusion of the children, who gaped with wondering eyes at him, sitting so stiff up there in their mother's bright atelier. When they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders. Which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt?

a.The first-person point of view is voiced by an omniscient observer.
b.The first-person point of view is voiced by a subjective character in the story.
c.The third-person point of view is voiced by an observer with limited omniscience.
d.The third-person point of view is voiced by an objective character in the story.

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Thoreau’s ideas had a profound effect on a man named Gandhi. Gandhi, was a leader in India who worked to end British rule. He led India to independence and inspired many to non-violent forms of protest and resistance. He fought to end poverty, worked to expand women's right to vote, and built bridges between ethnic and religious groups. Like Thoreau, he lived simply, owned very little, and ate a vegetarian diet. In India, Gandhi's form of protest was called the "non-cooperation movement." He urged Indians to boycott British education systems and leave government jobs. The movement was very popular, and in part to stop its spread, the British controlled government arrested him. After a few years, he was released and became active in politics again. He inspired many to follow him on marches to protest various taxes. On one such march, thousands followed him 240 miles over 24 days to the sea to protest a salt tax. This march set the example of non-violent resistance to the government that others in the country followed. Eventually India won independence from Britain, in large part because of Gandhi work.

Gandhi's model of resistance and reform was creative, appealing, and successful. As a result, Dr. Martin Luther King looked to Gandhi when the time came to find a way to resist segregation in the South. The lunch counter protests, famous for the passive response to anger, and even violence, aimed to end the separation enforced by laws in some regions of the South. King also organized walks, marches, and bus rides that were meant to bring attention to the issues facing African Americans. These forms of protest were directly modeled on Gandhi's, but King took them straight to the source of oppression. Where Gandhi's protests created awareness and built momentum, King's protests were in the face of great hatred and fear. The passive, non-violent protests were ultimately effective, mainly because the passive response to violence cast the opposition as brutes. However, change came slowly and at the cost of many lives. King remained committed to peaceful protest, however, until his death. King learned from Gandhi, expanding on what worked, applying old techniques to a new problem. Gandhi owed his philosophy, in part, to a New England poet who loved the woods.

Read this sentence from Part 2:

The movement was very popular, and in part to stop its spread, the British controlled government arrested him.

What is the point of this sentence?

a. The British government felt Gandhi had to be stopped.
b. The British government was in charge regardless of Gandhi.
c. The movement was ultimately shut down and ineffective.
d. The movement was well liked by many.

Which of the following is an example of an informational text that explains?

A). A pamphlet that disputes a point 

B). A written account of events in war 

C). An instruction manual for a computer 

D). An argument about the use of exams