Which passage is the best summary of "The Speech"? Samir begins to see himself as an American for the first time when he realizes that all of his peers have family members whose immigration stories are similar to his parents' story. Samir gives a speech to relay his parents' immigration experience and gains a deeper appreciation for the beauty and history of the place they left behind. Samir gives a speech about his family's immigration experience and, in the process of preparing, comes to appreciate his family's story and the importance of sharing stories. Samir practices his speech and searches for answers for questions he has had about his family's Indian ancestry.

Samir gives a speech about his family's immigration experience and, in the process of preparing, comes to appreciate his family's story and the importance of sharing stories.

answer: a mother fears that the poor lighting poses a danger to the children who play there.

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.