Read the following excerpt from an oral history: currently my grandfather resides in hayward, california. he is a retired grocery store owner and spends most of his time with his family and traveling. he is a u. s. citizen and will remain one, though he still likes to visit his homeland. he has been in america for more than half his life but still enjoys eating traditional chinese foods, and celebrating holidays like chinese new year, which is one of his favorites. he celebrates all holidays of the u. s. with his family. throughout my life, my grandfather has kept many chinese traditions alive in my family so we do not forget where we came from. his immigration to america has allowed him to have a good life and make something out of himself, where in china he may not have been able to do so. which best summarizes the passage? (10 points) the grandfather owned grocery store and was successful in his work and lucky with his family. it is essential for an immigrant to maintain cultural traditions to keep his or her identity. letting go of one's culture is a difficult obstacle that most immigrants cannot overcome. an immigrant can hold on to his history while embracing the opportunities of a new country.

The tone of this speech could best be described as expressing a feeling of read the excerpt from president ronald reagan's speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election, i believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal an era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work, and neighborhood and that will testore our private and independent social fear hope anger pride

Read the passage from animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. she knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of napoleon. but still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. it was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of jones's gun. such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. what was most likely orwell’s purpose for writing this passage? to show that clover is more sensitive to violence than the others to remind readers of major's speech and the original rebellion to present napoleon as a cruel leader unworthy of the animals’ support to represent misled followers and their dashed hopes for better lives

How might current written and oral pieces that we produce every day (blogs, text messages, social network posts, videos, television shows, etc.) be considered piece of folklore?