Read the excerpt from last lecture by randy pausch. and after i had become somewhat of an authority on virtual reality, but not like a really important one, so i was at the level of people the world book would badger. they called me up and i wrote an article, and this is caitlin kelleher [shows slide of caitlin wearing virtual reality headset manipulating a 3d world], and there’s an article if you go to your local library where they still have copies of the world book. look under v for virtual reality, and there it is. and all i have to say is that having been selected to be an author in the world book encyclopedia, i now believe that wikipedia is a perfectly fine source for your information because i know what the quality control is for real encyclopedias. they let me in. which statement best describes pausch's purpose? a.)he wants his audience to understand that being an authority on a subject is not as rewarding as they may think. b.)he wants his audience to see how he accomplished one of his childhood goals through an entertaining story. c.)he wants his audience to understand how to use a virtual reality headset and that he is an authority on the subject. d.)he wants his audience to be impressed that his article is in world book, but understand that he wishes it had appeared online.

It's B. because i just took it not that long.

B.)He wants his audience to see how he accomplished one of his childhood goals through an entertaining story.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from "Last Lecture," the speaker Randy Pausch describes how he fulfilled his childhood dream of authoring an article in the World Book. He is actually so proud that he assures his article can be found in any local library where there is a copy of World Book.

in paragraph 6 of "sinners in the hands of an angry god" by jonathan edwards, he talks about how doing good things alone will not save men from going to hell because they're at the mercy of the will of god. "spiritual reform" provides men with a false sense of safety.

gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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