Connecting Dialogue to Perspective TOMMY
They don't want us to leave. That's why they shut
everything off.
STEVE
What makes you say that? Whatever gave you that idea?
WOMAN ONE
Which lines of dialogue best help the audience
understand Tommy's perspective?
O "Whatever gave you that idea?"
O "What makes you say that?"
O "Now isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?"
O "It's always that way, in ever story I ever read.
(from the crowd)
Now isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?
TOMMY
(persistently but a little intimidated by the crowd)
It's always that way, in every story I ever read about a
ship landing from outer space.
- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,
Rod Serling
Done

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

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How does the author view the idea that you have to be perfect in order to get into college