Thomas merton said, "in an age where there is much talk about 'being yourself' i reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else. rather it seems to me that when one is too intent on 'being himself' he runs the risk of impersonating a shadow." analyze how both articles prove this to be either accurate or inaccurate

Read the sentence from susan b. anthony's "on women's right to vote." hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against negroes. in this sentence, the author's tone is best described as

Which word in the sentence is the object of the preposition ? scrape the dishes and put them in the sink 1)in 2)them 3)dishes 4)sink

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile