In the poem "mexicans began jogging" why does the speaker run when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works?
a. he's not a legal u. s. citizen
b. he's terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not
c. he's afraid of his fellow workers finding out he's not an illegal like them
d. his boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss's time

Based on thoreau's transcendental beliefs, why might he have written an essay opposing the war? to explain the individual's responsibilities within a corrupt society to begin his own political career to call attention to the ways in which the government was essentially good to express his lack of interest in societal issues

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile