Read this excerpt from infinite jest. i cannot make myself understood. ‘i am not just a jock,’ i say slowly. distinctly. ‘my transcript for the last year might have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. the grades prior to that are de moi.’ my eyes are closed; the room is silent. how does the narration affect the narrator’s credibility in this excerpt? his honesty renders him earnest and genuine. his slang makes him seem youthful and intriguing. his french jargon makes him seem international. his explanations depict him as a bit defensive.

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

How are montag and faber opposites of each other? a) montag is a firefighter, therefore it is his job to burn books. faber used to be and english professor, and it was his job to teach students about books. b) montag is passionate and determined, and farber is wise and cautious c) montag is brave enough to steal and illegal book. faber was too afraid to speak up when books started to become illegal. d) all of the answer choices are correct

How does wiesel clearly try to persuade the audience in this passage ?