It was one of those days that i didn't mind going to school because the weather was so pretty. the sky was overcast with clouds, and the air felt like a warm bath. i don't think i ever felt that clean before. when i got home, i had to mow the lawn for my allowance, and i didn't mind one bit. i just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough. source: chbosky, stephen. the perks of being a wallflower. new york: simon and schuster, 1999. print. how would this passage be different if it had been written in an ironic tone? how would the meaning of the passage change? how might that affect the theme?

“there are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal.” - michel foucault meaning?

100 points. answer one of these: 1) describe the paradoxical nature of algernon being “serious” about bunburying. explain the term “bunburying” and its role in the story. analyze the significance of bunburying when it comes to symbolism, conflict, and setting. 2)the subtitle of the play is “a trivial comedy for serious people.” discuss the reversal of the serious and the trivial in the play. give examples of what some characters consider to be insignificant and what they consider to be important. what social commentary is made as a result of these inversions?

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."