Answer:
I believe letter <u>B. historical records</u> is the best choice.
Explanation:
"Exhalation" is a short sci-fi story by author Ted Chiang, narrated by a character who belongs to a race of air-driven mechanical beings. The narrator-character decides to dissect his own brain and study it, which might lead us to believe the best answer is letter A. However, there is a whole reason behind such dissection that permeates the story even more than readers can grasp at first. The narrator is fascinated by the fact that memory is so fragile. Every time someone "dies" - runs out of air - in his word, when brought back to life, they forget who they are. Their memories are erased. Also, history has only began to be recorded by these mechanical beings quite recently, so their distant past is mystery to them.
After dissecting his own brain, the narrator comes to understand how it functions and why memories are easily erased from it. He also realized his race will be extinct due to change in pressure. Thus, he chooses to record his findings so that himself, his race, and their history won't be lost:
<em>Which is why I have written this account. You, I hope, are one of those explorers. You, I hope, found these sheets of copper and deciphered the words engraved on their surfaces. [...] through the act of reading my words, the patterns that form your thoughts become an imitation of the patterns that once formed mine. And in that way I live again, through you.
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<em>Your fellow explorers will have found and read the other books that we left behind, and through the collaborative action of your imaginations, my entire civilization lives again.</em>
This is a compound sentence containing 2 independent clauses separated by a conjunction.
Answer:
taking advantage of people to save money
Explanation:
"Fast Food Nation" is a book by Eric Schlosser that gives an insight on the way fast food industry in USA works, from the life of farmers, functioning of the farms to the business mechanisms and food processing.
This particular excerpt deals with employees in the fast food industry, or, more precise, the reason why the teenagers and the young adults make up the majority of workers in the industry. Inexperienced workers will work with lower wages and will be easier to control, which means that the industry is taking advantage of their lack of work experience and exploiting the workers in order to save some money, increasing the profit in that way.
The type of biased language is, "b. ability," mainly because Haley states, "Would you get a move on? Are you deaf?" and it's insulting Kenneth's ability, as if she was saying he can't hear what's clearly being said.
Answer:
"As the days crept by, more and more people shook off their despondency and began to rebuild their homes and
businesses. The energy to start all over seemed to be catching."
Explanation:
The author mentions how the energy seems to be spreading.
