Referring to p.587 in Writing with Power, think of a question to pose to the classroom discussion board regarding one of the topics below. Your question should be insightful and meaningful; provide
your classmates with an opportunity to consider elements of each topic that have yet to be covered in your lessons. You will not receive credit if your question is one that can be answered with "yes" or
"no.
Comparison of postmodernism to the twenty-first century
Irony in Updike's "A&P"
Satire in Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"
Themes expressed by the Beat Generation
The effects of war on literature

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the correct answer is b. a comparison without the use of like or as. hope this

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.