What do Mrs. Bell's actions tell the reader about her? Read the excerpt from Holes,
On his last day of school, his math teacher, Mrs. Bell,
taught ratios. As an example, she chose the heaviest kid
in the class and the lightest kid in the class, and had
them weigh themsewes. Stanley weighed three times as
much as the other boy. Mrs. Bell wrote the ratio on the
board: 3:1. unaware of how much embarrassment she
had caused both of them.
She does not always consider the effects of her
actions.
O She has creative ideas that inspire her students to
learn
She considers math to be more important than
kindness,
She is cruel and never considers the feelings of
others,
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Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)