What is a common purpose of satire? to express the author’s feelings with descriptive details
to explain to the reader how to make or do something
to change readers’ minds through humor and exaggeration
to change readers’ minds through the telling of realistic stories

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.