There was always a radio which brought us
songs from wlac in nashville and what we would now call
easy listening or smooth jazz but when i listened
late at night with my portable (that i was so proud of)
tucked under my pillow
what conclusion can the reader draw about the speaker’s viewpoint on music?
she feels that music was even more important than books because it brought her community together.
she feels that music added joy and comfort to her life in much the same way that books did.
she believes that the musicians of her time were not fully appreciated for their talents.
she believes that today’s music is a poor imitation of what music was when she was a child

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.