Similar to last question but different: read the following excerpt from “the four hundred year old woman” by bharati mukherjee and answer the following question. i have found my way in the united states after many transit stop. the unglimpsed phantom faridpur, and the too real manhattan had emerged as “desh.” i am american. i am an american writer, into american mainstream, trying to extend it. what is the meaning of the allusion unglimpsed phantom faridpur? a) her family’s homeland that she has never seen b) the ghost of her homeland calling her back c) her vivid memory of where she was born d) another town near manhattan

subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.

- "he is a very real person and his intent isn't to influence us vonnegut addresses this towards the end of the letter when he says, if we choose to curse, that is by our own individual means."