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24 June, 19:02

Which of these excerpts from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" best shows a tone of admiration?

Excerpt 1

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.

And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.

And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.

Excerpt 2

Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,

Bareheaded,

Shoveling,

Wrecking,

Planning,

Building, breaking, rebuilding,

Excerpt 3

Hog Butcher for the World,

Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,

Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;

Stormy, husky, brawling,

City of the Big Shoulders:

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  1. 24 June, 20:54
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    Excerpt 2.

    This excerpt shows a tone of admiration through all of the words the narrator uses to describe the subject. He says they are "fierce as a dog" and "cunning as a savage". Fierce and cunning are two words that seem admirable to the narrator. The word "rebuilding" at the end also shows admiration, as the subject keeps rebuilding after things have been broken down.
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