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All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different. The only way I can describe young Anson Hunter is to approach him as if he were a foreigner and cling stubbornly to my point of view. If I accept his for a moment I am lost—I have nothing to show but a preposterous movie. From "The Rich Boy" by F. Scott Fitzgerald Question Use the passage from All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald to answer the question. What purpose does historical context serve in this passage? Select the two correct answers. (1 point) Responses to introduce the main character in relation to the narrator to introduce the main character in relation to the narrator to discuss the factors that contributed to the decadence of the 1920s to discuss the factors that contributed to the decadence of the 1920s to explain why certain members of society are superior to explain why certain members of society are superior to characterize the relationship between the rich and everyone else to characterize the relationship between the rich and everyone else to analyze the influence of international visitors on 1920s culture
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The two correct answers regarding the purpose of historical context in the passage are:
1. to discuss the factors that contributed to the decadence of the 1920s
2. to characterize the relationship between the rich and everyone else
These answers reflect how the passage utilizes historical context to illustrate the attitudes and behaviors of the wealthy during the 1920s, as well as their perceived superiority and the dynamics between them and those who are not part of their social class.
1. to discuss the factors that contributed to the decadence of the 1920s
2. to characterize the relationship between the rich and everyone else
These answers reflect how the passage utilizes historical context to illustrate the attitudes and behaviors of the wealthy during the 1920s, as well as their perceived superiority and the dynamics between them and those who are not part of their social class.