Thoreau's actions in "civil disobedience" and the 1955 bus boycott are similar because both thoreau and the boycotters werea) standing up for equality in the united states in the 1950s. attempting to prove that the idea of government was flawed. engaging in a large-scale public protest against the governmentprotesting unjust government policy in a peaceful way.

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed 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. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.

Which two statements about first-person narration are generally true? the narrator can be a witness or a reteller of events. the narrator always provides reliable information. o the narrator accurately knows past and future events. the narrator is a character in the story. the narrator knows everything about all characters.

In this excerpt , mr.stonecrop is compared to a mountain. how does this description relates to mr.stoncrops roll in the main conflict of the story