Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. jack. i am in love with gwendolen. i have come up to town expressly to propose to her. algernon. i thought you had come up for pleasure? . . i call that business. jack. how utterly unromantic you are! how is humor used in this excerpt to effectively critique marriage? how is humor used in this excerpt to effectively critique marriage? a. jack confesses that he has come to the city to propose. b. jack scolds algernon for not being romantic. c. algernon pokes fun at his friend jack for falling in love and becoming interested in gwendolen. d. algernon pokes fun at the fact that marriage in his society often is based on social rules, not romance

From the story " saving the children"why is nicholas winton honored today? why did jewish people in czechoslovakia want to get their children out of the country? where did nicholas winton do his work saving the children? why was it hard for winton to find refuge for the children? to confirm your understanding, write a summary of “saving the children.”(a) aside from winton, who were the interview subjects? (b) analyze what do most of the interview subjects have in common? (a) why wasn’t this story told until 50 years later? (b) infer what does this say about winton’s character? summarize how did winton finally manage to get the children out of czechoslovakia? (a) support what was the “lie” hugo meisl’s parents told hugo and his brother before they sent them away? (b) make a judgment was this the right thing to do? explain. essential question: how do we remember the past? what have you learned about the nature of heroism from reading this article?