On Maple Street. MRS. GOODMAN

That's exactly what he does. Why this whole thing it's . . . it's some kind of madness or something.

STEVE

(nods grimly)

That's exactly what it is—some kind of madness.

CHARLIE'S VOICE

(shrill, from across the street)

You best watch who you're seen with, Steve! Until we get this all straightened out, you ain't exactly above suspicion yourself.

STEVE

(whirling around toward him)

Or you, Charlie. Or any of us, it seems. From age eight on up!

WOMAN ONE

What I'd like to know is—what are we gonna do? Just stand around here all night?

CHARLIE

There's nothin' else we can do!

(he turns back, looking toward Steve and Goodman again.) One of 'em'll tip their hand. They got to.

57. CONTINUED 57.

STEVE

(raising his voice)

There's something you can do, Charlie. You could go home and keep your mouth shut. You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it.

What do Steve’s reactions to Mrs. Goodman and Charlie show the reader about Steve?

Steve is frightened of the alien invasion.
Steve is an alien in disguise.
Steve does not like many of his neighbors.
Steve is sensible and unafraid.

In expanded academic asap and other periodical databases, it’s best to put your exact phrase

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

The word stiff is a synonym for the word limber. o o false true