And will mark you ! 1)what inference can be drawn about douglass in this excerpt? his new ideas are upsetting to his fellow enslaved persons. he wants to read more about personal freedoms. his new ideas prevent him from getting his work done. he is unable to ignore the appeal of freedom which statement best describes douglass's viewpoint? 2)which statement best describes douglass's viewpoint? he wishes other enslaved persons could learn to read as he has. he is angered by the slow learning of the enslaved persons he knows. he is frustrated by his awareness of the injustice of slavery. he regrets the fact that his mistress stopped teaching him.

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