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what satirical statement does washington irving make about tom walker and society in this excerpt from "the devil and tom walker"?
he insisted that the money found through his means should be employed in his service. he proposed, therefore, that tom should
employ it in the black traffic that is to say, that he should fit out a slave ship. this, however, tom resolutely
enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader.
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shunning slavery is expected even from morally corrupt men like
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b. although tom shuns slavery, he still oppresses people with extortion.
c. supporting slavery and participating in the slave trade is evil.
d. tom realizes that the slave trade is worse than extorting money from others.
e. indulging in extortion is more reprehensible than supporting slavery.
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When i walked through arlington cemetery, i had a sense of reverence—a respect for the courage, dedication, and sacrifice of the souls buried here. using context clues, what is the meaning of reverence in the passage?

For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.