Diego never wanted to play volleyball to begin with, yet now he had to sit here on the bench and be lectured by
Coach Stevens about how he'd "never make it to the
Olympics" and how Tim was twice the player Diego was
because of his "drive." The coach was right. Diego didn't
have Tim's drive, or any drive at all. He would rather be
anywhere else, playing any other sport. The heck with Tim,
Coach Stevens, and the whole team.
Last night, he had dreamed about standing on a platform
at the Summer Games and receiving a găld medal –
something he never thought much about since he never
saw himself having any future in volleyball. In the dream,
when he reached down to touch the medal, it was actually
chocolate wrapped in gold foil.
Which interpretation of the passage most clearly maintains the suspension of
disbelief?

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Ais a group of individuals of the same that exist in the same place at the same time

What does stanton accuse men of in this excerpt from the declaration of sentiments