What is the connotative meaning of this line from Kurt Vonnegut's "Report on the Barnhouse Effect"? General Barker bustled about the house like a woman preparing Thanksgiving dinner for twenty.

4)General Barker was in a hurry to get everything ready for the experiment.

Explanation:

The options include:.

1)General Barker was under the impression that the activity would be a waste of time.

2)General Barker was afraid the professor might use his powers against his country.

3)General Barker was worried about the speaker's presence in the room.

4)General Barker was in a hurry to get everything ready for the experiment.

5)General Barker was having doubts about the professor's abilities.

The connotative meaning of the line is that General Barker was in a hurry to get everything ready for the experiment.

Even though General Barker isn't doing anything related to Thaksgiving dinner, he has an experiment and he's in hurry to get everything fixed and ready for the experiment.

During Thanksgiving dinner, there are lots of food to be prepared and.onw has to get everything ready on time. This is why the activity of the General is compared to Thanksgiving dinner.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."