How are the old smith in "honest work" and the blacksmith in "for want of a horseshoe nail" alike?

a.
they are both people who want to do their work well even if it takes them more time.

b.
they are both people whose deep respect for others makes them admirable.

c.
they are both people whose actions save the lives of others.

d.
they are both people who are bullied into doing things that they don't really want to do.

Satire can best be defined as the literary form or technique in which and are used to criticize one's vices.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

Name two events that gatsby tells nick about that nick finds suspect . what proof does gatsby offer ?