Read this excerpt from "Math Curse." I wake up at 7:15. It takes me 10 minutes to get dressed, 15 minutes to eat my breakfast and 1 minute to brush my teeth.

Why does the author include this detail?

to illustrate that the narrator should learn to get ready more quickly in the morning
to emphasize that the narrator feels cursed from the very beginning of the day
to illustrate that the narrator may not attend math class later that day
to emphasize that the narrator is learning to enjoy and appreciate math

I think the correct answer is

to get ready more quickly in the morning

to emphasize that the narrator feels cursed from the very beginning of the day

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.