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What details of the first two paragraphs convey a sense of the ordinary, behind the scenes routines of film critics?

How did the older men calm the younger ones down when they learned from some of the prisoners where they were? (chapter 3 of the book night)

How is president obama using an appeal to reason, or logos, in this excerpt? by explaining why each person must work hard in order to succeed by explaining why working together is necessary for success by explaining why attempts at working together in the past failed by explaining why each person must look out for him or her self