Read this excerpt from "harrison bergeron by kurt vonnegut, jr.:
"forget sad things," said george.
"i always do," said hazel.
"that's my girl," said george. he winced. there was the
sound of a rivetting gun in his head.
"gee-i could tell that one was a doozy," said hazel.
"you can say that again,' said george.
"gee-' said hazel, 'i could tell that one was a doozy."
which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this
excerpt?
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a. by having hazel repeat a line of dialogue, the author ends on a
light note, leaving the reader amused.
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b. by having hazel say that she always forgets sad things, the author
injects a pun, leaving the reader surprised.
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c. by having george tell his wife to forget sad things, the author
conveys george's compassion for her.
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d. by ending with the slang term 'doozy," the author reveals that
hazel is less intelligent than george.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.