Kroc's years on the road as a traveling salesman -
carrying his own order forms and sample books, knocking
on doors, facing each new customer alone, and having
countless doors slammed in his face – no doubt
influenced his view of humanity. "look, it is ridiculous to
call this an industry," kroc told a reporter in 1972,
dismissing any high-minded analysis of the fast food
business. "this is not. this is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. i'll kill
'em, and i'm going to kill 'em before they kill me."
what is the most likely reason schlosser uses a direct quotation in this
excerpt from fast food nation?

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?

What favorite memory did the giver share with jonas? in the giver.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia