George Bergeron's character is, literally, extremely intelligent, strong, and capable. We know this because of the number of handicaps he is forced to wear by the government. His weights, for example, are so tiring that his wife suggests he risk removing them even thought the consequences are severe for doing so.
Because of his handicaps, George is a character who is incapable of changing, reacting to a situation, or even remembering what he his doing and he is such a rule-follower that he won't use his intelligence or strength to go against the government.
A reader can see that the handicaps put on George are a metaphor for the burdens that the majority of the population of America are encumbered by in real life. While most people don't have pounds of bird-shot strapped to their necks, it is clear that people ARE burdened by great amounts of debt, jobs that pay little, stresses like large families, consumerism, etc that hold them back from participating fully in life. The "handicaps'' of the story are literally meant to show how much weight we are putting on the wrong things in our lives.
Vonnegut uses characters like George to demonstrate how little people are actually living. They are flat, unfeeling, unemotional, and unable to communicate, resist, or change. It is obvious that George SHOULD react to seeing his son's violent death broadcast on national television, but he is completely incapable of doing so because of the handicaps attached to him. The lack of character development, coupled with the excellent description of George's strengths due to his handicaps is what allows a reader to understand that the character is meant to be criticized. Readers are meant to ask themselves, how could he not react? How could he not remember? Why won't he question the ideals of the government? Why won't he risk himself for something that could save his son?
Answer: The right answer is Eatonville, Florida.
Explanation: Although part of this story by Zora Neale Hurston takes place in the Everglades (Janie and her third husband live for a period of time there), I would contend that the main conflict occurs in the city of Eatonville, since it is there where the story begins, with a confident and exultant Janie returning home, but without her husband. The townspeople start speculating about their relationship and her husband's whereabouts, and they soon distrust her, but her friend Phoebe believes in her and she listens attentively as Janie recounts the true story of what happened - which also gives the reader an opportunity to know about the story of her life.
Answer: B. One's endless hunger
Explanation:
In this poem titled "<em>The Coming of Night"</em>, the poet, Linda Pastan alludes to the end of life and the acceptance of it because a time will come when we will have to stop acting in a certain way and just accept that it is time to leave the world.
She speaks of how humans will lose not only the feeling of being ambitious but the endless hunger to acquire and conquer more as well by relating these to lights and flames that will go out or be extinguished.
Answer by PinkLemonadeTae:
Hi! :)
Your answer is:
The use of the phrase admiring Bog reveals the poet thinks that being well known is,
A) Unpleasant because everyone pays attention to what you do!
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