January 2009 SAT Critical Reading Discussion

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<p>Brood:</p>

<ol>
<li>To be deep in thought; meditate.</li>
<li>To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded over the insult for several days.</li>
<li>To be depressed.</li>
</ol>

<p>Would one who focuses a lot of attention with persistence and moodiness be annoyed? Why would this motivate him to paint something else?</p>

<p>Jealousy seems correct.</p>

<p>[brooded</a> definition | Dictionary.com](<a href=“http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brooded]brooded”>BROOD Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com)</p>

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<p>its not jealous. and here’s why. First, just becuase he was silent and then brooded, does not mean he was jealous. That is a biig assumption. Second, he was quoted and he said how unimprressive his painting was, how easy it is to “mislead” birds (“bird brain”)… However, he did show to have more knowledge about the intellectual capacity of birds. That was the only answer choice that can be DIRECTLY applied from the passage. The painter would never be envious of his subordinate when he knows he is the better paint; and proves it with his painting

Yea, um you're missing the key word. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He "affected" _____.  assumed artificially or falsely : pretended&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The rest were just excuses for his affectation. The reality was his jealousy.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>“he was not jealous, cuz he knew how easy it was to tick birds (cuz he knew how stupid they were) and went further and tricked a human”</p>

<p>Exactly…this shows that he is smarter than the FIRST GUY…not smarter than a bird.</p>

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<p>thats still a big assumption that he was jealous. in fact it is an extreme assumption. just cuz he was deep in thought, or meditating, or bothered, does not mean he was jealous. There are a myriad of different feeling he could have when brooding, and jealous is just as big of an assumption as the rest. “more knowledge of birds” is directly, without assuming, taken from the passage because he talks about how foolish the painter was for thinking that it was a big accomplishment tricking birds. he than asserts about their smartness</p>

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<p>thats still a big assumption that he was jealous. in fact it is an extreme assumption. just cuz he was deep in thought, or meditating, or bothered, does not mean he was jealous. There are a myriad of different feeling he could have when brooding, and jealous is just as big of an assumption as the rest. “more knowledge of birds” is directly, without assuming, taken from the passage because he talks about how foolish the painter was for thinking that it was a big accomplishment tricking birds. he than asserts about their smartness

THE KEY WORD IS AFFECTED! WHY WOULD YOU PRETEND THAT IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL IF YOU WEREN'T JEALOUS?!&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>zenyth, it doesn not matter who is smarter than who… all im saying is that the dude knows more about the birds than the other dude. he spent three lines teaching the other guy that birds are easy to trick and that the other guy should not be proud</p>

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<p>Admittedly I was torn between the two. But I got the overall impression that it was all a big act. And when he went home, he was going to do something about it. Why?</p>

<p>Because he was jealous.</p>

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<p>zenyth, it doesn not matter who is smarter than who… all im saying is that the dude knows more about the birds than the other dude. he spent three lines teaching the other guy that birds are easy to trick and that the other guy should not be proud

No he spent three lines saying how stupid birds were and how NOT hard they were to mislead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;READ PREVIOUS STATEMENT. Your quite simply WRONG. The passage had nothing to do with WHO knew more about birds, that answer is plain WRONG.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>if i was affected, i could be many things. not necessarily jealous. in fact, the passage implies that he was not jealous when he was scolding the painter for over estimating the smartness of birds (cuz he thought he was special by tricking them)</p>

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<p>jealous ftw!</p>

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<p>xs0itg0esx: At this point, I’m arguing not because I know I’m right but rather because I don’t want to admit that I’m wrong lol =D.</p>

<p>Honestly, I think that was an “H” (hard) question, and the answer could be either one.</p>

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<p>question mark, you misread what i said. i said easy, same thing as NOT hard</p>

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<p>Jealous vs Annoyed - Who will you fight for?</p>

<p>TCB is notorious for causing these wars.</p>

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<p>common zenyth, none of that. i sincerely think im right. However, no personal attacks</p>

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<p>What was the answer to the question about how the author called the painter “either a fool, a nice man, or something”</p>

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<p>Saying the man was jealous is not thinking beyond the passage, it is going by the IMPLIED meaning of the passage.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know if either the nomads section or the rock and roll section was experimental? </p>

<p>someone who is 100% sure please respond… :-/</p>

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<p>xs0itg0esx was annoyed ur answer?</p>

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<p>just cuz one is annoys does not mean they covet the others artwork. someone answer this with a yes or a no. (yes/no) Did the painter covet the other man’s artwork? Dont tell me if he was annoyed of not. Just tell me if he coveted the others artwork. please consider that he spent five lines telling him how unimpressive it was</p>

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<p>pyroza it was alternate explanations for his actions or something</p>