Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."

“You been crying?” he said to Hazel.

“Yup,” she said.

“What about?” he said.

“I forget,” she said. “Something real sad on television.”

“What was it?” he said.

“It’s all kind of mixed up in my mind,” said Hazel.

“Forget sad things,” said George.

“I always do,” said Hazel.

How does this interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s social criticism?

a. It demonstrates potential problems that occur in a competitive relationship.
b. It illustrates the need for maintaining equality in a society.
c. It suggests that women are more emotional than men.
d. It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.

It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.

Option D.

Explanation:

The conversation that took place between these two people help develop the social criticism in the way where George has asked Hazel to forget the things that made her sad which were shown on the television.

The roots of social criticism was that is should not be ignored because they make a great impact on the life of the people so they should not be ignored in any of the ways.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)