Melinda is writing an essay about the role of government in regulating large oil companies. If Melinda wants to convey a tone of disappointment, which sentence would best begin her essay? A. The government has been vigorously enforcing strict regulations regarding the operation of oil companies.

B. I am inspired by the government’s robust enforcement of regulations regarding the operation of oil companies.

C. The government has been pathetically negligent in enforcing its regulations regarding the operation of oil companies.

D. I am dismayed by the government’s tremendous work enforcing its regulations regarding the operation of oil companies.

Please answer as soon as possible. Your answer is worth 50 points :)

Both "witness to the tragedy" and "hope survives in search for katrina's missing" focus on the aftermath of hurricane katrina. however, each looks at a different time period. describe what time period each piece of journalism focuses on. then, discuss how the author's choice of time period influences the overall message of the piece. be sure to use specific details from the texts in your response and introduce your topic, develop your topic, use transitions, and provide a concluding statement. (apex)

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

What do the words spoken by the mouse in paragraph 3 tell us about her character?