Read the introduction.

voter participation is the cornerstone of a democratic society, and america’s young people should seize this privilege as soon as they are able. some youth wait until a presidential election year or until confronted with a compelling political issue. instead, everyone ought to register on his or her eighteenth birthday and embrace this rite of passage into adulthood.

what is the author’s purpose?

to persuade young adults to run for political office
to persuade young adults to register to vote
to inform readers about the history of elections
to inform readers about democratic traditions

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

How do you think the political and social strife of england influenced jonathan swift ? how were these problems connected to reason

What can the reader infer about the fears and values of the ancient greeks based on this description of the cyclops’s island?