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In this GED question, figure out the author's purpose in focusing on the Button couple's "enviable position" in society. GED Reasoning through Language Arts: Reading Skills Drill 4, Problem 5
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Sorry And here's your smoke du jour brought to you
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by birthing hipsters They were in the hospital's way before
- 00:09
hospitals were cool Okay just check out following passage and
- 00:13
don't think about the afterbirth eighteen sixty eight and board
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huh They would've current that's real love roger button Now
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- 00:24
which of the following is the author's most likely purpose
- 00:27
in focusing on the button couples Enviable position in society
- 00:32
The answer choices Bala All right well wow Fitzgerald is
- 00:39
giving us a lot of fresh and sassy attitude in
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these few paragraphs with references to fashionable hospitals and the
- 00:46
this family and that family well it's pretty clear fitzy
- 00:50
doesn't take the buttons or other elites very seriously He
- 00:54
has his tongue firmly planted in his cheek here poking
- 00:56
fun at the absurdity of their attitudes excesses and lifestyle
- 01:00
So what exactly is he up Tio fitzgerald is definitely
- 01:03
not trying to identify with these people and the fact
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that the buttons have a high position in society may
- 01:09
contribute to the plot but that's not the reason fitzgerald's
- 01:13
placed them in the spotlight he's criticizing the buttons questioning
- 01:17
and mocking their motivations and priorities which makes a the
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correct answer Luckily hospitals haven't gone out of style Sometimes
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natural seems unnatural very quickly sort of like when we 00:01:27.42 --> [endTime] got indoor plumbing
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