26- In Hurricane Song, Uncle Fess says, “Maybe them soldiers wouldn't have disappeared last night if there were news cameras inside." What is the primary purpose of
this statement?
a) Uncle Fess wants to be on TV in hopes of becoming famous.
b) The reporters care more about the excitement of the tragic stories than the
suffering people.
c) Uncle Fess is implying that the soldiers are only doing their jobs because they
are being watched by the public eye.
d) Sergeant Scobie and Sergeant Hancock are less helpful now that the relief
effort has moved outdoors.

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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because he is using a description to provide evidence to support his argument.

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the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.