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To interrupt another, even in common Conversation, is reckon'd highly indecent. How different this is, from the Conduct of a polite British House of Commons where scarce every person without some confusion, that makes the Speaker hoarse in calling to Order and how different from the Mode of Conversation in many polite Companies of Europe, where if you do not deliver your Sentence with great Rapidity, you are cut off in the middle of it by the Impatient Loquacity of those you converse with, and never suffer'd to finish it-

Why does Franklin use satire and sarcasm in this excerpt?

a) to illustrate the carefree nature of the Puritansto mock the Puritan communities for their customs

b) to display to the Native Americans why their customs were wrong

c) to show that Native Americans at times are more civil than Puritans

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Pogo

15 February, 16:57

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Julia Thornton · Answer 1

Your answer would be: C) To show that Native Americans at times are more civil than Puritans