Passage: again i say: it is a foolish question. the answer means nothing. and yet it is a question that has been asked so often – – that has caused so much talk and doubt a misunderstanding – – that i feel, after long thought, that the answer must be given. as will be clear, it is not fair for my own sake that i give it. nor is it for hillary‘s. it is for the sake of everest – – the prestige of everest – – and for the generations who come after us. “why,”they will say, “should there be a mystery to this thing? is there something to be ashamed of? to be hidden? why can we not know the truth? ” very well: now they will know the truth. everest is too great, too precious, for anything but the truth.
1. how is paradox used in this passage? identify and explain it.
2.what effect does using this literary technique have on the passage? explain.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

he describes the bird as "stately."

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