Question

British Lit Helppp!!!!

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whats up?

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Have you read the Samuel Pepys Great Long of Fire Diary entry?

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@chlobohoe

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yeah whats the question?

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What inferences can you make about the background and personality of Samuel Pepys based on his Diary about the Great London Fire @chlobohoe

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ok so heres the passage..

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do you have any ideas?

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Is he trying to help the king. I got the part when he said the nobody would respect the king because of the houses and bridge that burnt down.

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@chlobohoe

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found this on enotes.. it might help :)

Pepys was clearly a moral and religious man—in a very general and philosophical way; his journal entries often begin with an invocation to God, and he records a considerable amount of soul-searching coupled with resolutions to live a better life. Almost as important to Pepys as his religion was his health, which is mentioned, discussed, and analyzed at regular intervals. The early trouble with his bladder left Pepys with an obsessive consciousness of the workings of his body, and his concern with various ailments is a notable feature of the Diary. Other topics of major interest to Pepys were his wife and their ongoing servant problems and the affairs of the government, to which he devoted so much of his time and energy.

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Thanks so much do you have time to help with one more.

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yes i can :)

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make sure you dont quote that word for word.. its important to rewrite things in youre own words :)

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In Popes human kind essay how does the speaker cast humankind relationship to both God and his creation?

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I will make sure I write it in my own words and thanks for telling me. And I actually meant 2 more questions

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@chlobohoe

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okay so this really helps.. especially the last paragraph.

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can you see how much he.. not really "belittles" man, but more like talks the harsh truth.

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Yes Ive read it and understood and youre right the last paragraph does help alot.

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Ok so back to the question, how does the speaker cast humankind relationship to both God and his creation?

its pretty easy to figure out the relationship between both right?

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Can you explain the question a little more i get the text but not really the question? @chlobohoe

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putting the question is simpler terms..

how does the author show the relationship between humankind and God+His creation?

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First figure out how he portrayed humankind.. how did he make them look? good, bad?

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bad

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OBVIOUSLY! The author made humankind look small. You have a lot of good examples in the passage i sent you.

Now, how did he make God and his creation look?

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He made his creation look like it was overman

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also is this a good answer for the first question ?

Inferences I can make about Samuel Pepys based on his diary is that he is a religous man. He tries to better himself as a person. He's trying to help the king with the fire. I also feel like he's trying to impress the king so he's doing everything for him.

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Yeah he made God look spectacular, making a beautiful creation for mankind, whos is inferior, yet living in a place created by a master.

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yes thats good for the first question :)

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The last question is 3 paragraphs.

Prompt B: The enlightment preached the dominion of reason over irrationality. WHich of the selections from Unit 5 do you think most exempliefied the ideals of the Englightment and why?

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Prompt A Comapre the purpose and characteristics of satire in Popes THe Rape of the Lock and swifts a modest proposal. What do you consider more effective and why? How do these satires compare to popular satires of today?

WHich Prompt should I should choose?

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Which one do you think would be the easiest?

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Prompt B.

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The story I would use is Popes human kind essay

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could you just help me start the essay @chlobohoe

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Prompt B: The enlightenment preached the dominion of reason over irrationality. Which of the selections from Unit 5 do you think most exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment and why?

Ok so basically you would just explain how Popes human kind essay showed the ideals of Enlightenment. Which is basically how is preached the control reason has over irrationality.

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Explain

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The ideals of enlightenment preached the dominion of REASON over irrationality. It means that is talks about how reason dominates irrationality.

So youre going to look for how Pope shows that in his essay

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What does irationality mean?

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its basically the opposite of reason.. haha not able to use reason

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okay Im gonna try. I still really dont understand.