How does Mr. X’s perspective in lines 4-12 impact the plot? (SLO Reading C-LT1) Mr. X is characterized as sociable, which reveals his motivation for talking, excessively, to Mr. Y.​​​​​​​ Mr. X suggests the following theme: Thieving is wrong, but stealing is forgivable if ambition is the reason. The central conflict is revealed when Mr. X expresses his disapproval of need-based stealing. Moving from Europe to America would solve two problems by bringing Mr. X closer to his wife and decreasing their cost of living.

Read the following excerpt from patrick henry's march 23, 1775, speech: if we wish to be free-if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending-if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained- we must fight! which statement best explains how patrick henry uses parallelism in the passage to influence the audience? a. henry carefully lists the principles that all the colonists follow, principles that their british rulers do not share. b. the repetition of the word "fight" is meant to stir up the listeners' violent hatred of the british. ) c. by constantly referring to "we," henry makes it obvious that both he and the audience must sue for peace together. o d. repeating the words "if we" emphasizes the number of values that henry and the audience have in common.