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SAT Reading: Analyzing the Point of View of Characters in Twain's Essay 0 Views
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In this SAT Reading video some boys are pretty happy about a steamer explosion. Sound intriguing? Watch the video to find out more.
Transcript
- 00:02
all right come on purrs just a couple more there we go next SAT reading
- 00:06
question which they best reflect the reason the boys felt happy when they [text on screen]
- 00:09
heard the news of these steamer explosions all right well the answer
- 00:12
here has got to be something about the arrival had died because that's just - [man thinking of tomb stone]
- 00:16
what edgy to not be included so yes this seems cruel and it is in the same [tomb stone]
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- 00:20
paragraph Twain refers to Providence meaning luck as being unfair when the [text on screen]
- 00:25
boy miraculously survives from paragraph four we know that the apprentice [writing on chalkboard]
- 00:30
engineers stole all the ladies so they were quite happy to have their rival
- 00:34
hurt and presumed dead yeah these guys they play hardball [man in explosion]
- 00:37
well the tranquil contentment they all experienced after hearing of the
- 00:42
accident well that comes directly after the paragraph about how annoying the kid [writing on chalkboard]
- 00:46
is so they were probably happy thinking that he wasn't coming back and since the [tomb stone]
- 00:49
boys were content when they thought he was dead but irritated when he showed up
- 00:54
the next week well they weren't psyched to have the town hero as a buddy so see [injured man walks into crowd]
- 00:58
you later and good good luck having friends
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