In “The Really Clean Plate Club,” one way Takeru Kobayashi is different from Ed “Cookie” Jarvis is that Kobayashi A is a competitor from Japan. B is able to win because he weighs over 400 pounds. C has won many competitions. D is a more popular competitor than Jarvis.

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Based on this work of satire, what is most likely the authors opinion?

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community