How might the purpose of Thomas Gray, in this poem, differ from that of
another author who would describe the same events?

A). Another author might merely want to convey the
facts of this event, but Gray wants to teach his
readers a moral lesson.

B). Another author might want to eulogize the dead cat,
but Gray simply mocks the cat for its stupidity.

C). Gray is unsympathetic to the cat's drowning, but
another author might express lamentations of grief
for the lost cat.

D). Whereas Gray is merely out to entertain his reader,
another author might want to turn the events of this
poem into a moral lesson.

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explanation:

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

this like a whole essay