text:
There he was at the bank that day, someone else’s blood soaking into his clothing and on his face a look of absolute shock. It’s hard to believe that only a few minutes ago, it was a normal day for Jason Grayson. Even his past years of military training and experience could not have prepared him for a situation like this./////
	For Jason, the day started out like any other. He showered, went for a walk, ate breakfast and then left his house to run errands before a day of work.  Normally, the days seemed to blend together in J’s mind. At this point in his life he did not have many friends or a social out goings other than at his dead end hotel desk job that did not pay well. Regardless of not having many friends Jason still had an enormous amount of care for people and was always very empathetic, even towards complete strangers. Jason spent much of his downtime in public places, observing people. He wondered what their lives were like and how they viewed the world around them in contrast to how he viewed it.//////
	His unusual care and concern for others made Grayson different than his fellow officers and superiors during his time in the military.  He joined when he was eighteen, with no other goals but to help his fellow Americans and protect them from what they called terrorists. After spending nearly two and a half years in military training, Jason was experienced in both hand to hand and combat with weapons.  Despite his extensive training he found that the military was not a place for someone like him after he went on his first real mission.////
	He and his platoon were given orders to infiltrate a terrorist organization in southern Iraq with no explanation of why they were doing so, other than it being a group of “terrorists”. Jason always wondered why the terrorist’s hatred toward Americans was so much that they would commit the terrible act of violence on 9/11 that killed nearly three thousand people and began the war which he fought in. It was not until after his first and only mission that he really began to research the motivation for terrorist’s actions.////
	When they arrived at the enemy’s camp, Grayson had doubts swirling through his head that what his superiors were telling him to do was moral. He entered the camp and found that there were only fifteen people there, nearly half of which were women and children. The platoon was given orders to “Take out the terrorists” and place any women and children in military custody. As Jason stormed the camp alongside a group of thirty men, he saw people being shot down without good reason. He was sickened by the sight and had to fall back behind because he realized there was no way he could take another man’s life unless he knew for a fact that they were a threat to his own or that of another innocent person. When the slaughter ended the only sound that remained was the crying of young children and the echo of gunshots ringing in the distance. At this time Jason ran forward and shouted at his fellow soldiers saying “How could you do this?! Did not those men have the same face that you do? How do you know that they meant to cause harm?!  Even if they did why do you think they intended to do so in the first place?!!” The lieutenant who was wiping blood off the barrel of his gun was the only one with a reply. He said “These men were terrorists. They deserved every bit of what they had coming.” Jason was speechless for a few seconds before saying to his superior officer, “I do not care what you say, and I will die before I kill a man without knowing for certain that they intend to cause me or the people in my country harm.” This made the lieutenant furious, he walked up to Jason, got right up in his face and shouted for all the platoon to hear, “Misconduct!!!”////
	The very next day the lieutenant began making arrangements to have Jason discharged from the military for his unwillingness to kill. It was only a few weeks before he was sent home and stripped of his military officer ranking. This was fine with Grayson. He went back home and began to study the origins of terrorist hate towards Americans. What he discovered was that radical Islamists hate America mainly because of the government’s tendency to meddle in foreign affairs and that the US and Iraq had many conflicts pre 9/11. This insight into the so called enemy’s perspective made him realize that conflicts like the one between US and Iraq do not just start out of nowhere, that there is always a reason when seemingly senseless violence occurs./////
	This memory was what ran through Jason’s mind as he stood in the bank that day, looking at the covered up face of the robber who had just taken another man’s life for no apparent reason other than to prove a point, he was not to be messed with. As everyone in the bank screamed and cried in sheer terror, Grayson just stood there thinking about the robber and wondering what would make the man commit such a terrible and selfish deed besides the obvious desire for money. He still believed even though the violence appeared to be completely senseless, that there was a deep seeded reason for the burglar’s actions which he ultimately had no control over.////
	The robber walked further into the bank with a gun in each hand, shouting “Give me money or someone else will be killed!” By this time everyone had stopped screaming but the muffled sound they made trying to contain their crying was still heard. Jason sat on the floor next to the dead man. His clothes now stained with blood that was not his own. He could no longer see the gunman from the floor but could hear his footsteps getting closer to the bank teller who was frantically throwing money into a sack.////
	 The next thing that the burglar said made everyone in the rooms’ heart sink deep down into their stomachs. “This isn’t enough money! I want fifty thousand dollars in my hand within the next minute or I start unloading these bullets into everyone in the building!” It was then that Jason stood up; he knew that he would be dead anyways if he did not do something. As soon as he stood, the robber’s gun pointed directly at his head. He shouted, “Please! Please don’t shoot! I just want to help you get your money! I do not want anyone else to die and I know that you don’t want that either, you just want your money, right?” The robber replied, asking “Oh yeah? And how are you going to help me get my money? Unless you have fifty grand in your pocket, you are going to die.” Jason stood there scared out of his mind but he watched as another brave man stood up behind the robber and hit him over the head with his briefcase. The robber turned around immediately but Jason leaped forward at the same time tackling and disarming him. Jason kicked one of the guns across the room but took the other into his hand and placed the barrel right between the man’s eyes. In the heat of the moment Jason thought about killing the man. He said to him “You deserve this! You’re scum! You took an innocent man’s life today and now I’ll take the life of a guilty man.” Just as Jason was about to pull the trigger He reached down and removed the robbers mask only to find a scared young man, with a face that looked just like his own.

title: Working title [RF]

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about Jason Grayson?

answer: Jason Grayson is an ex-military man who joined the men when he was eighteen, with no other plans but to help his fellow Americans. He had military training and experience and even got his distinguished military officer ranking after accomplishing the difficult mission. Jason was an outstanding soldier and a good officer who always had an eye out for his comrades and fellow soldiers during his time in the army, was described as very empathetic and compassionate. Jason saw his fellow soldiers slaughtering men, women and children on his first mission. They were men he had been trained with and it was a difficult sight for him. After his mission, Jason became disillusioned with the military and decided to quit.

text: The answer should mention his actions during the bank robbery.

refinement: Jason Grayson is an ex-military man who joined the men when he was eighteen, with no other plans but to help his fellow Americans. He had military training and experience and even got his distinguished military officer ranking after accomplishing the difficult mission. Jason was an outstanding soldier and a good officer who always had an eye out for his comrades and fellow soldiers during his time in the army, was described as very empathetic and compassionate. Jason saw his fellow soldiers slaughtering men, women and children on his first mission. They were men he had been trained with and it was a difficult sight for him. After his mission, Jason became disillusioned with the military and decided to quit. He intervenes during a bank robbery, tackling the robber to the ground. He is considering pulling the trigger to punish the robber for taking an innocent man's life, but stops when he removes the robber's mask and noticed the robber is a scared young man.

answer: Jason Grayson was not prepared for what had happened that day. Despite his extensive training in the military, he felt like he was still not ready to face the robbers in the bank. He attacks one of the robbers but feels guilty when he realizes he does not want to kill this man.

text: This is inaccurate; Jason bravely faces the bank robber.

refinement: Jason intervenes during a bank robbery, tackling the robber to the ground. He feels guilty when he realizes he does not want to kill this man.

text: The answer should mention Jason's time in the military.

refinement: Jason joined the military when he was eighteen. He was sickened by the sight of people being shot down without good reason and realized he couldn't take another man's life unless they posed a significant threat. Jason intervenes during a bank robbery, tackling the robber to the ground. He feels guilty when he realizes he does not want to kill this man.

answer: Jason is passionate about protecting innocent people from violence and has a great deal of empathy and care for others, even strangers. He also has a keen ability to view people's actions from an impartial and rational standpoint, notwithstanding his personal feelings about those actions. Despite lacking the typical training and mindset of a military officer, he is courageous and decisive in moments of crisis.

text: The answer should have less generalization.

refinement: Jason is passionate about protecting innocent people from violence and has a great deal of empathy and care for others, even strangers.

text: The answer should mention his time in the military.

refinement: Jason is passionate about protecting innocent people from violence and has a great deal of empathy and care for others, even strangers. He joined the military at eighteen with a desire to protect people. When he saw people being killed for no reason, he was sickened, and realized he couldn't take another man's life without good cause.

text: The answer should mention the bank robbery.

refinement: Jason is passionate about protecting innocent people from violence and has a great deal of empathy and care for others, even strangers. He joined the military at eighteen with a desire to protect people. When he saw people being killed for no reason, he was sickened, and realized he couldn't take another man's life without good cause. He intervenes during a bank robbery, tackling the robber to the ground. He contemplates shooting the robber but doesn't when he removes the robber's mask and sees that the robber is a scared young man.

answer: The story suggests that Jason Grayson is sympathetic and empathetic to those around him, even those who commit violent acts. He chooses not to kill unless he knows for certain that the other party is a threat, even when faced with insurmountable pressure. Jason also makes some brave moves once he gets in the moment, but ultimately he favors mercy over violence.

answer: Jason is a willing and capable narrator. He has some military background and experience. He is also a man of honor, who recognizes the losses on both sides. He often hangs out in public, studying people and thinking about the reasons for their actions, their fears and motivations. He used to be an officer and perhaps a teammate of the killed man, but gets a moral insight from his actions that foils the robbery attempt.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about Jason and the robber?

answer: The story suggests that Jason believes both the robber and himself to be victims of circumstance. Both the robber and Jason were driven by greed, but acted on it in different ways. The robber committed a violent and selfish deed, while Jason still held to his moral values in a time of great uncertainty and fear.

text: Jason was not driven by greed--that statement is unattested.

refinement: The story suggests that Jason believes both the robber and himself to be victims of circumstance. The robber committed a violent and selfish deed, while Jason still held to his moral values in a time of great uncertainty and fear.

text: The answer should mention Jason's interactions with the robber.

refinement: The story suggests that Jason believes both the robber and himself to be victims of circumstance. The robber committed a violent and selfish deed, while Jason still held to his moral values in a time of great uncertainty and fear. Jason tackles the robber to the ground and contemplates shooting him, until he removes the robber's mask and sees that the robber is just a scared young man.

answer: The bank gets robbed, and one of the phones goes off. Hearing his own phone, Jason decides to help the robber get at least some of the money he wants. The robber confronts Jason and threatens him with a gun. Jason acts first, but something happens and the robber grabs Jason's hand and grabs his gun. They do struggle, but Jason is no match. Jason decides to act first again, talking the robber out of killing more people by presenting himself as a victim. Jason removes the mask, to find a young man who matches his own appearance, with a scar on the nose.

answer: Jason is in the bank when a group of robbers holds the place hostage. He attacks one of the robbers and in the heat of the moment wants to kill him. However, after removing the robber's mask and seeing how frightened he is, he realizes he does not want to do this.

text: There's only one robber.

refinement: Jason is in the bank when a robber holds the place hostage. He attacks the robber and in the heat of the moment wants to kill him. However, after removing the robber's mask and seeing how frightened he is, he realizes he does not want to do this.

answer: The story shows that Jason has a deeply empathetic nature and caring for people, even for criminals. When faced with violence by a criminal, Jason does not want anyone to die unnecessarily, which is in stark contrast to the robber, who is willing to kill for money. While there are no excuses for the robber's behavior, Jason recognizes that the criminal is still a frightened young man and that there must be some motive for why he committed the crime. However, while he is internally conflicted, Jason is still capable of responding swiftly and decisively when necessary to diffuse the situation.

answer: The robbery takes place at the bank where Jason works. The robber covers up his face with a mask and walks in with a gun. He starts to request for money. When he realizes that Jason knows about him, he asks Jason to go help him get the money. However, there is a briefcase hit him over the head, making the begrudging robber turn around, Jason kicks one of the guns across the room and disarms the robber. And then he cowers next to Jason after finding out his identity.


split: train

text:
It’s like your head is a conference room where all the decisions about your life are made. At the front, there’s this guy in a business suit. He has graphs and charts and PowerPoint presentations, and he’s droning on to
  a group of Japanese businessmen. But they aren’t actually businessmen, and they only resemble the Japanese in
   that they don’t speak his language. They’re more like destructive monkeys, and they aren’t listening to the
business suit. They’re running around and wreaking havoc. They destroy everything. They pull the blinds open and
    shut. They pull strings. And suddenly, you’re doing what the monkeys say. The man in the suit is giving a
presentation and presenting evidence proving that you shouldn’t do it, that you should just leave it, that what
you’re about to do is a bad idea and just leaving it would be good. But the monkeys are in control, and he watches from your pupils with overworked eyes, knowing the grave consequences of your actions.
    Then you’re at the low and you already ignored the suit man once. When you hear a voice that sounds less like
 screeching, you listen. This voice tells you just one flick of silver, just bleed a little. You deserve this,
    remember? You messed up and now you should be punished. He sounds so reasonable, even though it’s suspicious. Your suit man would never tell you this. But you like the way this voice thinks so you listen harder.
         You stupid bitch, you stupid bitch. The suit man swoops in to stop you with the blade frozen on your skin
 and you go to bed, tears in your eyes.
    	The man in the suit watches sadly. He can’t do much to help you. He knows you’re slipping away. The
     monkeys are still running wild and his dark doppelganger still urges you towards blades and pills. He looks so
    weak and tired, so do you. And you’re so very sad, when the doppelganger suggests suicide, you can’t help but
     wonder.
    	The man in the suit springs to action at the front of the room, with a presentation of the joy in your
   mechanized dreams, the future and possibilities. The doppelganger just whispers, “You won’t be sad anymore.
Not     sad, not sad, not sad,” and he’s so compelling. You listen and the suit man keeps talking but he won’t raise
 his    voice. He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to
 be     saved so you do too.
    	In the car you get the call, and you know exactly who it is before he tells you. You know what your mom’s
     silence means. She’s upset and you don’t want to worry her, but you don’t want to talk. Your brother stays
quiet     then gets mean, but you don’t want to talk to him, so you shut him up. Your mom wants to take your car
but you     won’t let her. If you can’t drive your car, you’re really screwed up. You need to be normal to be ok.

 You’ve thought you were ok a thousand times, but you never are. You don’t know if you ever can be. You’re
    not even sure if you want to be anymore. Ok seems like some far away dream. You don’t remember it and
you don’t know what it looks like. So you wait and see, and maybe someday you’ll understand it again.

title: The Man in the Suit

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who is the man in the suit?

answer: The man in the suit is a metaphorical being inside the protagonist's head. He represents the voice of reason or the conscience, urging the protagonist not to do what they are about to do.

answer: The man in the suit is a representation of reason, trying to convince the protagonist to make different decisions than their destructive doppelganger urges.

text: "their destructive doppelganger urges." - the protagonist doesn't have a doppelganger, the man in the suit has.

refinement: The man in the suit is a representation of reason, trying to convince the protagonist to make different decisions than his destructive doppelganger urges.

answer: The narrator.

text: "The narrator." - is not the man in the suit, but rather a representation of their conscience and reason.

answer: He represents a guiding force- more likely optimistic, but perhaps misguided?

text: "more likely optimistic, but perhaps misguided?" - this part is inaccurate and should be deleted.

answer: The man in the suit is the voice of reason. He stands in the front of the conference room and attempts to dissuade the destructive monkeys in your head from wreaking havoc. He repeats the evidence proving that what you are considering is a bad idea, but the power of the destructive monkeys is strong, and so he eventually trails off into weakness. He watches helplessly as you continue to give in to the lure of the doppelganger who wants you to commit suicide.

text: "He stands in the front of the conference room and attempts to dissuade the destructive monkeys in your head from wreaking havoc. He repeats the evidence proving that what you are considering is a bad idea, but the power of the destructive monkeys is strong, and so he eventually trails off into weakness. He watches helplessly as you continue to give in to the lure of the doppelganger who wants you to commit suicide." - too much extra information that is unnecessary. Can be deleted.

refinement: The man in the suit is the voice of reason.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What is the central conflict in the story?

answer: The conflict appears to be a mental illness of some sort.

answer: The narrator is suffering from depression which is the source of most of the conflict. The following choices are apparent: the wannabe acceptance of suicide vs. the wishes of the therapist (the man in the suit) who urges the narrator to stay alive

text: "The narrator is suffering from depression" - the narrator's specific mental illness was not mentioned in the story. Rewrite.

refinement: The narrator is suffering from a mental illness of some kind, which is the source of most of the conflict. The following choices are apparent: the wannabe acceptance of suicide vs. the wishes of the therapist (the man in the suit) who urges the narrator to stay alive

text: "The following choices are apparent: the wannabe acceptance of suicide vs. the wishes of the therapist (the man in the suit) who urges the narrator to stay alive" - doesn't support any argument and must be deleted.

refinement: The narrator is suffering from a mental illness of some kind, which is the source of most of the conflict.

answer: The protagonist is contemplating suicide, and there is an internal battle going on inside his head as he struggles with this decision.

answer: The central conflict in this story is the struggle between the man in the suit and the destructive monkey doppelganger. The man in the suit is advocating for positive change in the protagonist's life, while the doppelganger tells her to succumb to her impulses and impulses towards self-harm. This tension creates the central conflict of the story.

answer: The central conflict is the conflict between the suit man, trying to steer the character away from destructive choices, and the doppelganger encouraging the character to make the wrong choices. The character is trapped between the good and evil urges within themselves, which leaves them in a constantly conflicted state.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who are the monkeys?

answer: The destructive monkeys in the passage are the addictions and urges that dictate bad decisions. The man in the suit is the part of the protagonist that knows that these urges are ultimately destructive, but he is powerless to help. The doppelganger urges the protagonist toward the destructive urges, while the man in the suit continuously fights to save the protagonist from the consequences.

text: "The man in the suit is the part of the protagonist that knows that these urges are ultimately destructive, but he is powerless to help. The doppelganger urges the protagonist toward the destructive urges, while the man in the suit continuously fights to save the protagonist from the consequences." - irrelevant because the question is only about the destructive monkeys. Should be deleted.

refinement: The destructive monkeys in the passage are the addictions and urges that dictate bad decisions.

answer: The monkeys are chaotic, destructive forces within the protagonist's mind

text: Finish the sentence with a period.

refinement: The monkeys are chaotic, destructive forces within the protagonist's mind.

answer: The monkeys represent destructive behavior in the face of the man in the suit, who is trying to stop the protagonist from committing dangerous or self-destructive acts.

text: "in the face of the man in the suit, who is trying to stop the protagonist from committing dangerous or self-destructive acts." - this is irrelevant to the question and should be deleted.

refinement: The monkeys represent destructive behavior.

answer: corrupting influences

answer: They could be representations of destructive emotions. Or a personification of negative feelings

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the actions taken by the doppelganger.

answer: The doppelganger persuades the narrator to destroy themselves by making destructive choices. It also prods the narrator to take a knife to their body.

text: "take a knife to their body" - add "and inflict self-harm"

refinement: The doppelganger persuades the narrator to destroy themselves by making destructive choices. It also prods the narrator to take a knife to their body and inflict self-harm.

answer: He indicates to the narrator, a depressed person, to listen to a single word: "bleed". The doppelganger embraces the narrator's insanity by urging selfharm and suicide.

text: "He indicates to the narrator, a depressed person, to listen to a single word: "bleed"." - it doesn't quite happen this way. Delete this part.

refinement: The doppelganger embraces the narrator's insanity by urging selfharm and suicide.

text: "selfharm" - add a hyphen

refinement: The doppelganger embraces the narrator's insanity by urging self-harm and suicide.

answer: The doppelganger is subtly encouraging the protagonist to make bad, destructive decisions and commit harmful acts. The doppelganger urges them to leave wounds open, to self-harm, and ultimately, to consider suicide.

answer: The doppelganger encourages the protagonist the seek solace in blades and pills. He tries to get the protagonist to commit suicide.

text: "the seek" - replace with "to seek"

refinement: The doppelganger encourages the protagonist to seek solace in blades and pills. He tries to get the protagonist to commit suicide.

answer: The doppelganger urges the speaker towards destructive actions, most notably suicide.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What decision does the protagonist make at the end of the story?

answer: The protagonist makes the decision to ignore the man in the suit and continue down a destructive path.

text: "The protagonist makes the decision to ignore the man in the suit and continue down a destructive path." - is incorrect. It is quite the opposite: "He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to be saved so you do too."

refinement: The protagonist wants to continue living but doesn't know if they will ever be OK and adopts a "wait and see" approach.

answer: The protagonist makes the decision to give in to their destructive desires and take their own life.

text: "The protagonist makes the decision to give in to their destructive desires and take their own life." - is incorrect. It is quite the opposite: "He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to be saved so you do too."

refinement: The protagonist wants to continue living but doesn't know if they will ever be OK and adopts a "wait and see" approach.

answer: The protagonist makes the decision to continue living.

text: "He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to be saved so you do too." - proves that the narrator doesn't succumb to the temptation of suicide.

answer: He decides to continue living and to wait and see if he will ever feel normal again.

text: "He decides to continue living and to wait and see if he will ever feel normal again." - the gender of the narrator wasn't mentioned. Use singular they.

refinement: They decide to continue living and to wait and see if they will ever feel normal again.

text: "He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to be saved so you do too." - proves that the narrator doesn't succumb to the temptation of suicide.

answer: It is not stated exactly what the decision is, but it would seem that the protagonist makes a decision because they ignore the man in the suit by slipping away

text: "It is not stated exactly what the decision is, but it would seem that the protagonist makes a decision because they ignore the man in the suit by slipping away" - this doesn't answer the question. Also, the narrator wanted to live. A complete rewrite is needed.

refinement: The protagonist wants to continue living but doesn't know if they will ever be OK and adopts a "wait and see" approach.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The protagonist grapples with an urge to commit suicide. This conflict manifests in his mind as a struggle between a man in a suit, who wants to save the protagonist, and a group of monkeys, who represent a destructive force. The man in the suit's doppelganger manifests and urges the protagonist to kill himself. The man in the suit manages to convince the protagonist to continue living and wait to see if one day he will feel normal again.

answer: It is undetermined whether an unnamed woman or man has an inner disagreement with themselves. The man in the suit wants the other person to reflect upon their actions, but the other part of them challenges them. The man in the suit tries to present extensions into the future which the woman does not understand. Eventually, her brother and mother talk to her, and it's likely they are the ones battling in her head.

text: "The man in the suit wants the other person to reflect upon their actions, but the other part of them challenges them." - this statement is confusing. Must refer to "the other person" as the narrator, and "the other part of them" as his doppelganger who gives the opposite advice.

refinement:
It is undetermined whether an unnamed woman or man has an inner disagreement with themselves.
The man in the suit wants the narrator to reflect upon their actions, but his doppelganger gives the narrator the opposite advice.
The man in the suit tries to present extensions into the future which the woman does not understand.
Eventually, her brother and mother talk to her, and it's likely they are the ones battling in her head.

text: "It is undetermined whether an unnamed woman or man has an inner disagreement with themselves." - is incorrect, because the narrator's inner conflict is clearly mentioned using a board room metaphor. Delete "It is undetermined whether an unnamed woman or man has" and use "The narrator is having"

refinement:
The narrator is having an inner disagreement with themselves.
The man in the suit wants the narrator to reflect upon their actions, but his doppelganger gives the narrator the opposite advice.
The man in the suit tries to present extensions into the future which the woman does not understand.
Eventually, her brother and mother talk to her, and it's likely they are the ones battling in her head.

text: "tries to present extensions into the future which the woman does not understand." - the word choice and combinations are vague. Moreover, the gender of the narrator has not been established ("bitch" doesn't count). Rewrite this section.

refinement:
The narrator is having an inner disagreement with themselves.
The man in the suit wants the narrator to reflect upon their actions, but his doppelganger gives the narrator the opposite advice.
The man in the suit gives a presentation about the joy in the narrator's mechanized dreams, the future, and possibilities, while the doppelganger whispers negative thoughts in their ear.
Eventually, her brother and mother talk to her, and it's likely they are the ones battling in her head.

text: "Eventually, her brother and mother talk to her, and it's likely they are the ones battling in her head." - this is incorrect. The ones battling in the narrator's head are "reason", represented by the man in the suit, and "chaos", represented by his doppelganger. Delete any mention of the narrator's family and rewrite.

refinement:
The narrator is having an inner disagreement with themselves.
The man in the suit wants the narrator to reflect upon their actions, but his doppelganger gives the narrator the opposite advice.
The man in the suit gives a presentation about the joy in the narrator's mechanized dreams, the future, and possibilities, while the doppelganger whispers negative thoughts in their ear.
Eventually, the narrator chooses to live and adopts a wait-and-see approach.

answer: The man in the suit is nothing more than a projection of one's decision-making process. He constantly faces opposition from monkeys who want only destruction. The doppelganger constantly tempts the protagonist to destructive decisions. Despite the suit man's repeated attempts to warn against these choices, the protagonist is deeply troubled and cannot be saved. The call from their mom reveals their brother's death and the protagonist feels not capable of being normal anymore. They are left feeling hopeless as they wait to see if they can regain their ability to be happy.

text: "The man in the suit is nothing more than a projection of one's decision-making process." - is inaccurate. The man in the suit is more than decision-making. He is the voice of reason and the narrator's conscience. Needs to add that he is part of the narrator's psyche. Delete "of one's"

refinement:
The man in the suit is more than a projection of the narrator's decision-making process, he is the voice of reason guiding them to do the right thing.
He constantly faces opposition from monkeys who want only destruction.
The doppelganger constantly tempts the protagonist to destructive decisions.
Despite the suit man's repeated attempts to warn against these choices, the protagonist is deeply troubled and cannot be saved.
The call from their mom reveals their brother's death and the protagonist feels not capable of being normal anymore.
They are left feeling hopeless as they wait to see if they can regain their ability to be happy.

text: "from monkeys who want only destruction." - needs to add that his doppelganger is also part of the chaos trying to bring the narrator down.

refinement:
The man in the suit is more than a projection of the narrator's decision-making process, he is the voice of reason guiding them to do the right thing.
He constantly faces opposition from monkeys and his doppelganger who want only the narrator's destruction.
The doppelganger constantly tempts the protagonist to destructive decisions.
Despite the suit man's repeated attempts to warn against these choices, the protagonist is deeply troubled and cannot be saved.
The call from their mom reveals their brother's death and the protagonist feels not capable of being normal anymore.
They are left feeling hopeless as they wait to see if they can regain their ability to be happy.

text: "The doppelganger constantly tempts the protagonist to destructive decisions." - replace "the protagonist" with "the narrator"

refinement:
The man in the suit is more than a projection of the narrator's decision-making process, he is the voice of reason guiding them to do the right thing.
He constantly faces opposition from monkeys and his doppelganger who want only the narrator's destruction.
The doppelganger constantly tempts the narrator to destructive decisions.
Despite the suit man's repeated attempts to warn against these choices, the protagonist is deeply troubled and cannot be saved.
The call from their mom reveals their brother's death and the protagonist feels not capable of being normal anymore.
They are left feeling hopeless as they wait to see if they can regain their ability to be happy.

text: "Despite the suit man's repeated attempts to warn against these choices, the protagonist is deeply troubled and cannot be saved." - is incorrect, because the narrator wants to be saved and chose to live: "He does still have a little strength, and he cries weakly for help without actually asking. He wants to be saved so you do too." Rewrite to reflect that the suit man won and change "the protagonist" to "the narrator"

refinement:
The man in the suit is more than a projection of the narrator's decision-making process, he is the voice of reason guiding them to do the right thing.
He constantly faces opposition from monkeys and his doppelganger who want only the narrator's destruction.
The doppelganger constantly tempts the narrator to destructive decisions.
Despite the doppelganger's attempts to get the narrator to commit suicide, the suit man's pleas to do the right thing get through to the narrator and they choose to live.
The call from their mom reveals their brother's death and the protagonist feels not capable of being normal anymore.
They are left feeling hopeless as they wait to see if they can regain their ability to be happy.

text: Went over the 4-sentence requirement. Delete the last two sentences because they are inaccurate (the brother didn't die) anyway.

refinement:
The man in the suit is more than a projection of the narrator's decision-making process, he is the voice of reason guiding them to do the right thing.
He constantly faces opposition from monkeys and his doppelganger who want only the narrator's destruction.
The doppelganger constantly tempts the narrator to destructive decisions.
Despite the doppelganger's attempts to get the narrator to commit suicide, the suit man's pleas to do the right thing get through to the narrator and they choose to live.

answer: The protagonist is suffering from an addiction and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head. The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys in her mind. The protagonist is suddenly faced with difficult family circumstances and her addiction convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life.

text: "The protagonist" - replace all entries with "the narrator"

refinement:
The narrator is suffering from an addiction and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head.
The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys in her mind.
The narrator is suddenly faced with difficult family circumstances and her addiction convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life.

text: "The narrator is suffering from an addiction" - The narrator also seems to be suffering from some form of mental illness. Rewrite the sentence.

refinement:
The narrator is suffering from an addiction and some form of mental illness and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head.
The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys in her mind.
The narrator is suddenly faced with difficult family circumstances and her addiction convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life.

text: "the destructive monkeys in her mind." - add that the destructive monkeys are also a symbol like the man in the suit, but of chaos and bad decisions.

refinement:
The narrator is suffering from an addiction and some form of mental illness and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head.
The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys - a symbol of chaos and bad decisions - in her mind.
The narrator is suddenly faced with difficult family circumstances and her addiction convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life.

text: "The narrator is suddenly faced with difficult family circumstances and her addiction" - is inaccurate because she spoke to her family after she made the choice to live. Her family also called her because they don't feel confident about her being behind the wheel anymore, and her mom wants to take her car. This sentence needs a rewrite involving the man in the suit and his doppelganger.

refinement:
The narrator is suffering from an addiction and some form of mental illness and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head.
The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys - a symbol of chaos and bad decisions - in her mind.
The narrator is suddenly faced with the suit man's evil doppelganger, who convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life and she does.

text: Did not meet the 4-sentence summary requirement. Add one more sentence.

refinement:
The narrator is suffering from an addiction and some form of mental illness and is constantly under the influence of a destructive force in her head.
The man in the suit - a symbol for reason and rationale - watches sadly, helpless to help her against the destructive monkeys - a symbol of chaos and bad decisions - in her mind.
The narrator is suddenly faced with the suit man's evil doppelganger, who convinces her to consider suicide, but the suit man continues to plead with her to choose life and she does.
The narrator doesn't think she'll ever be normal anymore, so she adopts a "wait-and-see" approach for when the time comes that she understands what it takes to be normal again.

answer: The story starts off in a conference room where two sides of the same man are fighting-one with a presentation for something that the protagonist isn't sure, and one who is egging the protagonist on to commit suicide. The protagonist has previously considered killing themselves, but never has. The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore. Not sad, not sad, not sad." The protagonist gets a call from her mother.

text: "the protagonist" - replace all instances with "the narrator"

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room where two sides of the same man are fighting-one with a presentation for something that the narrator isn't sure, and one who is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves, but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore.
Not sad, not sad, not sad."
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: "The story starts off in a conference room" - must explain that this is a metaphor.

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room (a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head) where two sides of the same man are fighting-one with a presentation for something that the narrator isn't sure, and one who is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves, but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore.
Not sad, not sad, not sad."
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: "The story starts off in a conference room (a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head) where two sides of the same man are fighting-one with a presentation for something that the narrator isn't sure, and one who is egging the narrator on to commit suicide." - the sentence is hard to read and must be split in two so both sides of the man can be explained better.

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room - a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head - where two sides of the same man (who's wearing a suit) are fighting for the narrator's life.
The man in the suit has a presentation for something that the narrator isn't sure, and one who is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves, but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore.
Not sad, not sad, not sad."
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: "The man in the suit has a presentation for something that the narrator isn't sure" - is incorrect, because the narrator understands: "The man in the suit is giving a presentation and presenting evidence proving that you shouldn’t do it, that you should just leave it, that what you’re about to do is a bad idea and just leaving it would be good."

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room - a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head - where two sides of the same man (who's wearing a suit) are fighting for the narrator's life.
The man in the suit is giving a presentation and presenting evidence proving that the narrator should abandon thoughts of self-harm, while his other side - the doppelganger - is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves, but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore.
Not sad, not sad, not sad."
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: "themselves," - remove the comma

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room - a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head - where two sides of the same man (who's wearing a suit) are fighting for the narrator's life.
The man in the suit is giving a presentation and presenting evidence proving that the narrator should abandon thoughts of self-harm, while his other side - the doppelganger - is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the the life she could have had, while the doppelganger just whispers "You won't be sad anymore.
Not sad, not sad, not sad."
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: "the the life she could have had" - the man in the suit shows her "the joy in her mechanized dreams, the future, and possibilities," not the life she could have had. Add that the narrator chooses to live. Also, delete the extra "the"

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room - a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head - where two sides of the same man (who's wearing a suit) are fighting for the narrator's life.
The man in the suit is giving a presentation and presenting evidence proving that the narrator should abandon thoughts of self-harm, while his other side - the doppelganger - is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the joy in her mechanized dreams, the future, and possibilities, which makes the narrator choose to live despite the doppelganger's attempts to make her take her life.
The narrator gets a call from her mother.

text: Delete the last sentence to meet the 4-sentence summary requirement.

refinement:
The story starts off in a conference room - a metaphor for what's going on in the narrator's head - where two sides of the same man (who's wearing a suit) are fighting for the narrator's life.
The man in the suit is giving a presentation and presenting evidence proving that the narrator should abandon thoughts of self-harm, while his other side - the doppelganger - is egging the narrator on to commit suicide.
The narrator has previously considered killing themselves but never has.
The man in the suit returns with a presentation of the joy in her mechanized dreams, the future, and possibilities, which makes the narrator choose to live despite the doppelganger's attempts to make her take her life.


text:
As Erick noted recently, the GOP Establishment and their talking heads are eager to frame Ted Cruz as too conservative to win in November.

“We’ll take anyone!” the Establishment is saying, “Even Trump over Cruz.”

As I wrote the other day, these are the same political pygmies who have put the Republican Party in the state that it is in today. Rudderless, easily rolled by the Obama Administration and more interested in money and power, not principle, this chattering class is terrified of Ted Cruz and what he means to their futures.

Eager to undermine Cruz, they have moved from whispering to shouting, “He CANNOT win!” in hopes that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Here’s the problem they face.

Ted Cruz is beating Hillary Clinton right now. He can win in November. The Real Clear Politics poll average now has Ted up 2% points over Hillary Clinton at a time when the GOP 1) does not have a nominee and 2) has not put the full force of the party machinery behind its candidate and against Hillary.

As others have written, Cruz has the kind of campaign it takes to win both the primary and the general election. The poll numbers are now backing this up.

So. . . tell me again how Ted Cruz can’t beat Hillary?

_For full disclosure, I am currently helping with the Keep the Promise efforts, the Ted Cruz super PAC. _

question: What does the GOP establishment think of Ted Cruz?

answer: The GOP establishment does not believe that Ted Cruz can win an election, and detests him because of it.

answer: The GOP establishment think that Ted Cruz is too conservative to win the election.

answer: The GOP establishment thinks that Ted Cruz cannot beat Hillary Clinton in the general election because they believe that his conservative policies have limited appeal to a larger voting population.

question: What does the author claim the Republican Party is most interested in?

answer: Money and power.

answer: The author claims that the Republican Party is most interested in money and power.

answer: The author claims that the Republican party is primarily interested in trying to preserve and protect their power.

question: Do polls show Cruz beating Clinton?

answer: Yes, the polls show Cruz beating Clinton by 2%.

answer: Yes, according to the passage, polls show that Ted Cruz is beating Hillary Clinton.

answer: Yes, the writer indicates that polling numbers now show Ted Cruz beating Hillary Clinton.

question: Who does the author work for?

answer: The author works for Keep the Promise, the Ted Cruz super PAC.

answer: _The author is working for the Ted Cruz Super PAC known as Keep the Promise.

answer: A spokesperson for the Republican Party

text: Wrong answer

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The author claims that the Republican Party should nominate Ted Cruz to run for president, but they say he is too conservative to win. The author claims that Cruz can beat Hillary, especially if the Republican Party supports him.

answer: It can be easy to forget that–fulfilling the wishes of the establishment's power brokers–according to the "traditional rules of politics," Ted Cruz can beat Hillary Clinton in the general election in November. The establishment, by definition, don't want to see this happen, resorting to shoving Trump in Cruz's way as an appeal to the GOP rank and file. However, the poll numbers are undergoing a convergence that should put to rest any doubt about who can win.

answer: Ted has an excellent shot of taking on Hilary in the general elections with the help and resources of the NPCC

text: No summary.

refinement: The author discusses Ted Cruz, how the traditional GOP does not accept him, and mentions that polls show he has a good chance of beating Clinton. The author works for a Ted Cruz super PAC.

answer: Erick noted that the GOP Establishment and their talking heads have become increasingly vocal in their belief that Ted can't win in the general election. Cruz currently has a lead ahead of Clinton in the polls, and he has a successful campaign style for the primary and general election.

text: No Erick!

refinement: The author notes that the GOP Establishment and their talking heads have become increasingly vocal in their belief that Ted can't win in the general election. Cruz currently has a lead ahead of Clinton in the polls, and he has a successful campaign style for the primary and general election.

answer: Erick wrote an article about how the GOP Establishment and their talking heads are eager to frame Ted Cruz as too conservative and unable to win in November despite the fact that he is already beating Hillary Clinton in current polls.

text: Erick did not write this.

refinement: The article is about how the GOP Establishment and their talking heads are eager to frame Ted Cruz as too conservative and unable to win in November despite the fact that he is already beating Hillary Clinton in current polls.


text:
John didn’t feel like a homeless guy, because he had been a lot of other things before he was a homeless guy. Apartment tenant. Middle-manager. Depressed. Broke. Couch surfer. Scavenger. Survivor. Now, homeless. Really, though, he was a man without a safety net. That was all it was, and maybe that wasn’t so bad.
John didn’t have to worry about paying his credit card bill on time.
John didn’t give a shit whether he missed the first five minutes of his sitcom or he couldn’t get the copier to print double-sided at the office or his amazon.com order came three days later than he expected it to.
He was comforted by the fact that these comforts of modern life didn’t bother him anymore.
By moving backward on society’s scale, John had moved forward.

This isn’t to say that John was enlightened by his homelessness.
At least not in the way that the crazy men who yelled about Jesus on the street corners were enlightened, and certainly not in the way that that jackass Saul who lived next door to John’s old apartment was enlightened by his herbal teas and sunrise yoga and smooth-flowing chakras or whatever the Grand Master Swami High Priest Chief Guru told him to meditate about that week.
John was simply at peace with the way he lived in a way that all those society-bound hivemind slaves tried to forget that they weren’t.
Organizing the weekly soccer carpool and using the same color pen on the grocery list because it looks nicer that way is not anyone’s natural lifeblood, yet it gets people going because it is the closest they can get to being in control of their lives while staying firmly put in their minivans and ergonomic rolling desk chairs, and the closer they can get to control is the closer they can get to feeling alive.
And it never works.
Soccer moms still sneak cigarettes after their kids get on the bus, and Saul still jerks off furiously into recycled hemp fiber tissues with his eyes squeezed shut in shame until it’s over because nobody is satisfied.
It’s against the natural order of life to live like this, but we tell ourselves it’s better.
We’re better than nature.
We’re more advanced than that.
And we still rot in the earth like any other animal after we die, and people wonder why society has an uncomfortable time talking about death.
John wasn’t satisfied by life either, but he was closer to a natural outlet for his frustration than Saul and the millions of other drones who didn’t even consciously process advertising anymore because it was everywhere.
John didn’t spray paint his name on the sides of bridges, seeking the rush of rebellion but allowing his indistinct thoughts to lead him blindly into adding another layer of grime to the filthy buildup of the human impact on the world.
John didn’t live within the boundaries of the capitalist system and bring his money, so valued and coveted yet useless in practicality’s eyes, his worthless scraps of paper, to the convenience store to trade for a bottle of purple hair dye to show his rebellion against the man.
John didn’t use humane, PETA-approved traps on the rats that came into his section of living space under the bridge.
He killed them.
Because that is how nature works.
John wasn’t appointed his living space by a signed slip of paper issued in standardized form by a group of self-appointed leaders who follow each other in circles until they slow down and get replaced by newer, identical pieces.
He lived there because the space was there, and his body was in that space, and just by doing that he physically overcame the theoretical importance of every tax document that was ever filed away for later reference.
John cut through some of the bullshit of human society by living a taboo.
His priorities were in a much more natural order than those of the businessmen who owned three different kinds of aftershave and spent his limited waking moments on matching his cufflinks to his tie each morning, and so John was living backwards.
SOCIETY IS SICK OF ITSELF
And every hypocritical, dissatisfied, angry young idealist was jealous of John, and every business-suit wearing lump of coal whose spark had been doused by the dirty dishwater of society’s ideas of goals and propriety comforted the raw confusion that John made him feel by telling himself that John was sad that he didn’t have the stupid luxuries that his life had, when really it was all he could do to keep talking to drown out the primal screams of his inner human being as it tried to hang itself with the tangled USB cord of his Blackberry phone.
SET ME FREE
And of course John was not jealous, and he was crushed in the bottom of his throat by his pity for those who carried their self-imposed burdens in their Starbucks cups and laptop cases and plugged up the flow of their natural desires and human impulses with clumps of advertising and white picket-fence posts and the hundreds of pages of their financially-responsible retirement plans that they would never even enjoy because they would be DEAD.
And everyone dies as atoms and molecules and matter and clay and filth and dust and hair and teeth and every brain is a tangible thing
And when people die, their repressed, crushed-up, malnourished souls try to uncurl themselves and fly away to live in the natural world with the trees and the animals and the other shit that makes things live, and they FAIL because they’re too beaten down and they were never allowed to hope, and their willpower is weak so they give up just like their bodies and their brains and their hearts did, and they die too inside the cage of bones that used to keep them safe and so they return to the earth but not in the way that they were meant to
And John’s soul will fly away when he dies, because he saw that he was gripping it too tightly and flattening it under his piles of tax-report forms and so he let it go and he nursed it back to life with real food that he grew in the earth and songs that he sang because he felt them inside himself and he wanted to sing them and not because anyone else cared if he did or not and he drank and he smoked and he fucked for pleasure and not for rebellion or pride or shame and every person he had ever met asked him why he was ruining his life and he told them no, he was living it and so they turned around and plugged their ears and turned up the TV because they felt what he said in their hearts and it pulled on them more than they were used to and they wanted it but they were scared and so they didn’t let themselves think about it and another layer of cotton grew around their hearts so it would be even harder for something to get in next time it tried.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHY DO YOU WANT
DO YOU WANT
CAN YOU WANT
I WANT TO NEED
And all I know is want
And I’m torn and it makes me just as bad as everyone else
Worse
And what is stopping me-
And I’m a bystander in my own life-
And what am I waiting for-
And I am the biggest hypocrite of all---

FUCK YOU—
NO ONE IS CONTENT-
Shave your head and say what you want to people and mean what you say to people and never feel embarrassed and fuck society and fuck in society and don’t be careful at all because you are alive and you need to feel it and things can happen to you and you shouldn’t die with wasted potential and energy that you didn’t use and you can feel everything so let yourself feel everything and do it RIGHT NOW
Destroy yourself because you can and you need to do everything you can do and you can do bad and good and you can feel bad and good so do both and feel both and that way you will live

title: Started as a story, became a rant of my feelings

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the ways in which John believes he is different from other people.

answer: John doesn't feel he is different from other people because he feels they feel the same way he does. He realizes they feel uncertain and unhappy. John chooses to devote his time to thinking about experiences in his life instead of worrying about late payments. He remembers his past jobs and some people he knew when he was still in that world. John loves nature and appreciates what surrounds him. He has intgrity and puts himself before things such as world and fame.

text: Some of the points in the response were more of the writer's perception of the article rather than what John actually expressed. For example, the article never hinted about John's integrity yet the response says he has integrity and puts himself before the world and fame.

refinement: John doesn't feel he is different from other people because he feels they feel the same way he does. he is at peace with the way he lives, unlike others who are at the whim of society's ideals. He doesn't overly value money neither does he hold what the so-called privileged people say in high esteem. John's priorities are more naturally-inclined than those who slavishly follow what adverts tell them to buy or do.

answer: He does not subscribe to the thinking that he is superior to others just because he lives differently.

answer: For one, he lives outside the trappings of society. He eats what he kills, he makes his clothes from stolen rags and boxes, and does not have any bank accounts or other property. He also does not get himself involved in anyone else's business and does not pretend to care about trivial matters like style and fashion with an eraseable marker. He raises his own food, sings his own songs, and has a natural way of getting by by living off the land. That, in turn, makes him feel at peace.

answer: For one, he lives outside the trappings of society. He doesn't even own a bank account, does not have a fixed job, and is not financially dependant on a wife or anyone else. He also does not get himself involved in anyone else's business and does not pretend to care about trivial matters like style and fashion with an eraseable marker. He raises his own food, sings his own songs, and has a natural way of getting by by living off the land. That, in turn, makes him feel at peace.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about John's family life?

answer: No answer

answer: John's mother probably loved him and educated him.

text: The article said nothing about John's family life.

answer: John's family life was probably loving and supportive, given he reminisces about life before he was a homeless and poor.

text: The story says nothing about John's family life.

refinement: There is no hint nor clue to John's family life.

answer: It doesn't say anything about it.

answer: No answer


text:
Prince FEODOR OSTROGSKI (1360–1446) was a powerful magnate in Volhynia of Rurikid stock, son of Daniil Ostrogski. In some sources he's called _Teodor_, _Fedko_ or _Frederic_.[1] He was active in the Hussite Wars and assisted Sigismund Korybut.

Biography

In 1386 Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila granted him possession of Ostrog castle and appointed him governor of Volhynia with the capital at Lutsk in 1387.[2] In addition to Ostrog, Feodor became owner of Korets, Iziaslav (Zaslav), and other towns.

On 4 September 1390, Knyaz Feodor was commanding defence of one of the Vilnius Castles during its siege by the Vytautas the Great, Teutonic Knights and _knight guests_ from almost all of European states during the Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392). The Crooked Castle was captured and its commander, Karigaila, brother of Jogaila, was killed. The Upper castle, with Polish staff and lower, commanded by Feodor, were rescued.[3]

In 1422 Feodor travelled to Bohemia in the entourage of Sigismund Korybut and was sent by him as an ambassador to the Hussites.[4] He fought in the Battle of Ústí. A folk song about this battle mentions _Frederic, Ruthenian Prince of Ostrog_, who left home and had assimilated Czech habits and language (_Jan Długosz book XI, page 650_).[5] In 1430 with Sigismund Korybut and Hussites he captured Gliwice and they made this town their stronghold, their participation in the Hussite assault on Saxony is however doubtful. Długosz, however, mentions it.[6] At Easter of the same year a group under the command of _Frederic Prince of Ostrog_, Jakub Nadobny from Rogów and Jan Kuropatwa from Łańcuchów Średniawa, attacked Jasna Góra Monastery, plundered it and destroyed Icon of Black Madonna of Częstochowa. A year later with Sigismund Korybut he attacked the Hungarian monastery in Lechnica.[7]

In the 1430s he supported Grand Duke Švitrigaila and the Teutonic Order in the civil war against Sigismund Kęstutaitis and war against Poland. On 30 November 1432 he was defeated at Kopestrzyn (or _kopersztyn_) by Ruthenian voivode Wincenty z Szamotuł,[8] Feodor escaped. In 1433 he led Czech and Polish Hussites from Greater Poland in battles against Poland and Neumark, they captured Drawno, Dobiegniew, Złocieniec and Santok; Gorzów Wielkopolski was rescued. Then they were joined by Hussites from Lesser Poland and after an unsuccessful siege of Chojnice castle captured Tczew, took two thousand captives and besieged Gdańsk with no result. After he captured Jasieniec on 13 September, a three-month armistice was agreed. On expiry of the truce, Ostrogski burned and looted Brest-Litovsk. Castle was not captured, however, due to Masovian Dukes relief. At that time he was probably imprisoned with Teodor Korybut by their own suzerain, Švitrigaila, and then rescued by Michał Buczacki.[9] It is not certain if Feodor Ostrogski switched sides and because of it was imprisoned, or if it happened after he was recaptured.

He was probably married to Agata Czurylowna (_Agrafena_ ?) and father to Wasyl "Krasny" Ostrogski. He died as a monk and was buried at the Kievan Cave Monastery under the name Teodosii (_Teodor_) and was later canonized (his feast day is 24 August).

[1] Jan Długosz: _Annales seu cronici incliti regni Poloniae_ in 1432 year

[2] Ostrogski in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993)

[3] Paweł Jasienica: _“Polska Jagiellonów”_ p.84

[4] [http://www.google.pl/books?id=NxHFMa635QAC&pg=PA73&dq=fedko+Ostrogski&lr=&hl=en&sig=OV135S_OOb3G8dxwsoFf4UHHz-s Pilgrimage to Images in the Fifteenth Century]

[5] [http://www.google.pl/books?id=PxYLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA321&dq=daniel+ostrogski&lr=&hl=en#PPA91,M1 Bracia Władysława-Jagiełły Olgierdowicza, króla Polski, Wielkiego xie̜cia, pg. 91]

[6]

[7] [http://www.google.pl/books?id=PxYLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA321&dq=daniel+ostrogski&lr=&hl=en#PPA96,M1 Bracia Władysława-Jagiełły Olgierdowicza, króla Polski, Wielkiego xie̜cia, pg. 96]

[8] Monarchic ceremonies in late medieval Cracow, page251

[9] [http://www.google.pl/books?id=j50tAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA61&dq=fedko+ostrogski&lr=&hl=en#PRA1-PA61,M1 Dzieje Polski podług ostatnich badań By Józef Szujski]

title: Feodor Ostrogski

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about Prince Feodor Ostrogski's role in the wars?

answer: Prince Feodor Ostrogski was a powerful magnate and he participated in the Hussite Wars and assisted in the defense of Vilnius Castles. He was also an ambassador to the Hussites and fought in battles against Poland. Later in his life Ostrogski battled Poland alongside the Teutonic Order and Švitrigaila.

answer: The text indicates that Prince Feodor Ostrogski was active in the Hussite Wars and assisted Sigismund Korybut. He supported Švitrigaila and the Teutonic Order in the civil war against Sigismund Kęstutaitis and war against Poland. The text also indicates that Ostrogski assisted in capturing Gliwice, participated in the Hussite assault on Saxony, attacked Jasna Góra Monastery and Lechnica, and led Czech and Polish Hussites in battles against Poland and Neumark and also against Gdańsk.

answer: Feodor Ostrogski commanded the defense of one of the Vilnius castles during its siege by the Vytautas the Great, Teutonic Knights and knight guests from European states during the Lithuanian civil war. He also travelled to Bohemia as an ambassador to the Hussites. He lived in Gliwice as a town with Hussite influence before the war escalated into a full-scale war.

answer: Feodor Ostrogski was one of the largest participants of the Hussite wars. At the siege of Vilnius, he commanded the Upper and Crooked castles against the Vyutas the Great. Feodor played a large role in the war against the Hussites, leading the invasion of Poland and Greater Poland from Lesser Poland, capturing Gorzow Welkopolski and Gdansk. He also attacked Jasieniec and Brest-Litovsk, which he ultimately did not capture.

answer: Prince Feodor Ostrogski was a powerful magnate who assisted King Sigismund Korybut in the Hussite Wars. Feodor commanded the defense of one of the Vilnius castles during a siege. The castle was captured but the upper and lower castle were rescued. Feodor then supported Grand Duke Švitrigaila in the civil war and the war against Poland. By 1432 he was defeated at Kopestrzyn but was able to escape but was eventually imprisoned.


text:
_New Energizing Finance report series highlights opportunities to spur investment in centralized and decentralized energy access solutions._

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017: Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and partners announced first-of-its-kind research today analyzing finance flows for electricity and clean cooking access in 20 countries across Africa and Asia with significant access gaps, and how finance strategies could be scaled and refined to reach more people, more affordably, with sustainable energy.

The new _ENERGIZING FINANCE_ series reveals the current flow of finance for energy access and clean cooking will not achieve global goals for delivering universal access by 2030. Estimates show an annual investment of $45 billion is needed to meet universal electrification, but the latest data shows that finance commitments for electricity in these 20 ‘high-impact’ countries that represent 80 percent of those without electricity access is less than half that number, averaging just $19.4 billion a year. The largest bilateral financier across high-impact countries was China, which was where 21% of finance originated from.

Finance tracked for clean cooking revealed a much greater challenge. Across the 20 countries with the largest clean cooking access gaps representing 84 percent of the global population without access, annual finance committed averaged just $32 million, compared to the estimated annual investment need of at least $4.4 billion.

The _Energizing Finance_ research, done in partnership with the World Bank Group, Climate Policy Initiative, the African Development Bank, Practical Action Consulting and E3 Analytics, delivers a strong wake-up call to the levels of finance flowing to close energy access gaps, but also creates a roadmap of opportunities which, if finance is more strategically directed, will allow us to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, and provide affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.

Speaking on the announcement, RACHEL KYTE, CEO AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL, said: “Overall investments are substantially lower than what’s needed to achieve our energy access goals. While it's good to see encouraging, early-stage progress in a handful of countries on electricity access, we urgently need targeted, refined strategies to increase investment in integrated electricity solutions. At the same time we need to open-up a frank new dialogue around bold market-based strategies that can deploy clean fuels and technologies for cooking at the speed and scale needed. The lack of financing for clean cooking solutions is shocking. Fixing financial flows to ensure everyone has access to clean, affordable reliable energy is essential in meeting our commitment to leave no one behind.”

AMADOU HOTT, VICE-PRESIDENT, POWER, ENERGY, CLIMATE AND GREEN GROWTH, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB), that authored the report looking at gaps and lags in disbursements, said: “These reports are an important wake-up call that the world is not on track to achieve electricity for all. As part of its New Deal on Energy for Africa, the African Development Bank has set the ambitious goal of achieving universal access to electricity in Africa by 2025. This will not be done by AfDB alone. To achieve this, we need transformative partnerships between the public and private sector to improve energy access planning and increase investment in the preparation and implementation of energy access projects, including innovative access solutions such as off-grid.”

Other key findings from the _Energizing Finance_ series include;

-   Only a miniscule amount of financing commitments– 1 percent, or $200 million a year – went to more-affordable decentralized energy solutions, such as household solar systems, which hold great promise to deliver basic electricity more quickly and more affordably to vast, hard-to-reach rural populations.
-   Roughly 60% of tracked finance commitments for electricity– approximately $11.6 billion a year – went to three countries in Asia, India, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Nigeria and Ethiopia were the next largest recipients ($2.4 billion a year combined). Finance commitments in the other 15 high impact countries (11 of these in Africa) stood below $1 billion a year.
-   Just over a quarter of development finance commitments for electricity access, or 28 percent, reached the 20 high-impact countries over 2011-15, with delays and under-disbursements being very common, especially for large grid-based energy infrastructure projects.
-   There were scattered examples of progress on clean cooking, particularly in Indonesia which achieved promising gains by rolling out strategies using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking ‘transition’ fuel in place of high- polluting fuels like charcoal.

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the World Bank Group tracked finance for electricity and clean cooking access in high-impact countries. DR. BARBARA BUCHNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE, said: “This is the first time anyone has worked to assess how much finance is flowing to energy access, and the results surprised us. While we are clearly nowhere near what’s needed to meet universal energy access goals, a much clearer picture of what’s happening both globally and on the ground, will help nations, investors, and communities to better scale up the next wave of energy investment.”

Country level analysis was conducted in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Kenya of the financing landscape at the national level. Enterprise surveys were also conducted in these countries plus Myanmar and Nigeria to understand the challenges and opportunities facing businesses providing decentralized energy solutions. Bangladesh and Kenya showed gains in urban and rural areas with integrated strategies that include centralized electric grid infrastructure as well as mini-grid and off-grid energy systems such as solar home systems which are already powering millions of rural households, helped by supportive policies that spur diverse types of public and private finance for energy access projects and companies.

Practical Action Consulting, along with E3 Analytics, undertook the deep-dive country level analysis. PAUL SMITH LOMAS, CEO, PRACTICAL ACTION, “We have long argued that financial systems are skewed; the amount of finance directed towards decentralised energy technologies, like mini-grids and stand-alone systems, remains tiny in comparison to investments in national grids. This is despite decentralised energy technologies being the most economical solution to meet the needs of the majority of unconnected people by 2030. To make these technologies more available to communities, and to achieve universal access, national policies must also better understand and support local businesses, banking and markets”

The series of reports also looked at the amount and type of international and domestic finance flowing to these countries for energy access; specific kinds of projects being financed, whether large-scale grid projects or more-affordable decentralized energy services; how quickly development finance is being disbursed; and the financing needs and challenges of energy enterprises providing decentralized electricity and clean cooking services in five high-impact countries.

The reports have been timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly currently taking place in NYC, and will be launched during the opening day of General Debate. UN accredited media are welcome to join and should RSVP to media@SEforALL.org.

For more information or to read all the reports in full, please visit our website at SEforALL.org/EnergizingFinance

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CONTACT
For further details on the announcement or any interview requests, please contact; Beth Woodthorpe-Evans, Sustainable Energy for All: beth@SEforALL.org | +1 202 390 1042

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the findings of Energizing Finance.

answer: The _Energizing Finance_ reports highlight lower levels of investment in both electrification and clean cooking access than necessary to meet global goals. Across the 20 high-impact countries in Africa and Asia, finance commitments averaged just $19.4 billion annually for electricity, and $32 million annually for clean cooking. While there are scattered examples of progress on clean cooking, the need for more transformative partnerships, national policies to better support local businesses, and increased investment in decentralized energy systems is clear.

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Just a miniscule amount of financing commitments– 1 percent, or $200 million a year –went to more-affordable decentralized energy solutions, such as household solar systems.
The greatest lever to improve electricity access, is to mobilize private sector financing and reverse the "overburdened" infrastructure financing priorities.
Build decentralized energy solutions that are more affordable for unconnected rural populations.

text: Scattered, incoherent response

text: Provide a response

refinement: The new Energizing Finance series was produced by Sustainable Energy for All and partners. It analyzes finance flows for electricity and clean cooking access in 20 countries in Africa and Asia with significant access gaps. It found that to reach the goal of universal energy access by 2030, an annual investment of $45 billion would be required, but current investments average just $19.4 billion annually. An annual investment of $4.4 billion is needed to meet the goal for clean cooking, but current investments average just $32 million.

answer: The _Energizing Finance_ research reveals that the current flow of finance for electricity and clean cooking access will not achieve global goals for delivering universal access by 2030. Estimates show that an annual investment of $45 billion is needed, but the latest data shows that finance commitments are less than half that number at $19.4 billion a year. Not only is the financing lacking, but funds are also disbursed too slowly and are under-disbursed in high-impact countries. Clean cooking has the greater challenge with just $32 million of finance committed annually, which is less than half the estimated investment need of at least $4.4 billion. The reports have been timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly to elevate this critical issue. The findings show that more needs to be done in order to enhance the financing available for both electricity and clean cooking access.

answer: The findings show that an annual investment of $45 billion is needed to meet the goals for delivering universal access by 2030. While the current money will not achieve this goal, there are a small number of examples of where the money has been wisely spent on the poorest African countries. Overall, the world needs coordinated and collaborative effort to ensure energy delivery across more countries. The lack of financing for clean cooking in the poorer countries is shocking.

answer: According to Energizing Finance, an annual investment of $45 billion is needed to reach the goal of universal electricity access by 2030. This is more than double the current finance commitments of an average of $19.4 billion a year. Energizing Finance also found that only 1 percent of funds went to decentralized energy solutions, such as individual solar systems. Additionally, roughly 60% of funds went to India, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Energizing Finance also reports scattered success in clean cooking, and states that only 28% of finance commitments reached the 20 high-impact countries.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the investments in clean cooking.

answer: Only $32 million was allocated for this innovation, compared to what is needed of $4.4 billion.

answer: No answer

text: Provide a response

refinement: The study estimates an annual investment of $4.4 billion is needed to reach the goals for clean cooking access by 2030. However, current annual finance commitments average just $32 million.

answer: It is estimated that universal clean cooking needs an annual investment of at least $4.4 billion, but only $32 million has been committed. This lack of financing is "shocking" and needs to open up a new dialogue for deploying clean fuels. So far there have been scattered successes in clean cooking, including rolling out "transition" fuels such as liquified petroleum gas instead of high polluting charcoal.

answer: Assuming that this passage is discussing the investment needs of clean cooking access, the most recent data shows that annual finance committed averages just $32 million, which is significantly lower than the estimated annual investment need of at least $4.4 billion. This means that there is a significant gap in terms of investment for clean cooking access.

text: Remove the "assuming" qualifier

refinement: The most recent data shows that annual finance committed averages just $32 million, which is significantly lower than the estimated annual investment need of at least $4.4 billion. This means that there is a significant gap in terms of investment for clean cooking access.

answer: The report shows that annual finance committed for clean cooking across high-impact countries averages just $32 million, far below the estimated annual investment need of at least $4.4 billion.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize what needs to be done to meet universal energy by 2030.

answer: According to the passage, money from both the public and private sector is needed to provide access to electricity for all by 2030. Estimates show $45 billion is needed annually, but only $19.4 billion has been committed. The money being provided should go towards the most economical systems, such as providing clean fuels for cooking and investing in decentralized or mini-grid systems, rather than national scale ones. These reports coincide with the UN General Assembly, where hopefully more funds can be committed.

answer: The report and author recommends improved financial flows. Local implementation of standards. Close gaps between commitments and implementation. The reports say that harmonization between national and international standards would improve access. Countries with favorable policies, such as land regulations, would cultivate energy entrepreneurs. Countries with poor energy policies would not.

text: Not a coherent response

text: Provide a response

refinement: Investments in the project must increase substantially; the report estimates an annual investment of $45 billion for electricity and $4.4 billion for clean cooking is necessary to meet the goals by 2030. Meeting those investment goals will require partnerships between the public and private sectors. Innovative access solutions like off-grid power must also be considered.

answer: There is a need for increased investment in electricity access solutions in order to meet universal energy access goals by 2030. Specifically, incremental annual investment is estimated at $45 billion, and yet annual finance commitments in the 20 high impact countries is less than half that amount, averaging just $19.4 billion. This necessitates a need for more strategic and targeted investment in infrastructure as well as decentralized energy solutions.

text: Clarify that $45 billion is the estimated needed annual investment

refinement: There is a need for increased investment in electricity access solutions in order to meet universal energy access goals by 2030. Specifically, the needed annual investment is estimated at $45 billion, and yet annual finance commitments in the 20 high impact countries is less than half that amount, averaging just $19.4 billion. This necessitates a need for more strategic and targeted investment in infrastructure as well as decentralized energy solutions.

answer: To meet universal energy access goals by 2030, an annual investment of $45 billion is needed. However, across the 20 ‘high-impact’ countries the total committed funding is less than half that number, averaging just $19.4 billion a year. In addition, only a miniscule amount of a total investment goes to more-affordable solutions, such as household solar systems. To meet energy access goals by 2030, more targeted and refined strategies need to be developed to increase investment and improve access to decentralized energy solutions.

answer: Energy use needs to be increased by $45 billion annually. Countries need to open a frank dialogue about how to deploy clean fuels and clean technology for cooking.


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I sat alone on Loser's Day, a Thursday; Doug was out of commission.  The surly sun sat sheltered behind the woods, and threw my window only a few gobs of light at the hour.  A fuzzy TV droned and captured my tired, besotted eyes, there, in the cervix of teenage overstimulation.  Behind me, an empty bottle sat half-covered by the bedskirt, paying homage to a dead friend.

The math book was insistent in its intrusion, perched upon my dresser.  I loved it so, and yet, now monetized, now someone else's, I couldn't quite look at it squarely.  No one fell behind at Swindell, and I had to keep working, pounding all the knowledge in, for the next fellow was working harder-

A quiet ringtone.  I cringed.  Fuck.  The math book had betrayed me; no eyes, please.  I rolled back to the nightstand and took the call.

“Hey, what are you up to, love?”

I bit my lip.  Caitlyn?  No, no, no, some asshole...

“Who is this?”

“Your worst nightmare.”

“Ohhh...”

“No, no, listen, you piece of shit.  I've got two girls in the car.  Be ready in five minutes.  Wear something cute.”

I hung up.  The Duke, Cassius.  The very King himself was inviting me; I needed to cash in on the rare opportunity.  A white T-shirt, the Bluetones, and some other clothes- my belt- my phone- and uh...what else?  I whirled around, the hum of the ceiling fan grinding my bowels into something not fit for His Holiness.

Two girls in the car...too nice...the condoms!  That was it!  I dug around and pulled out the crumpled purple box, grabbed four or five and stuffed them into my pockets.  Then I hustled downstairs and waited for the unexpected arrival.

The sun came higher, the air heating up in anticipation of this high school hero they called the King.  I waited uncomfortably, prepared for his usual lateness.  The car flashed.

He rolled down the window.

“Elliott?  Elliott, fuck...”  He laughed.  “Get the fuck in.”

I obliged.  The girls were nowhere to be seen.

“Uh, Duke...you said-”

He howled with delight.  “Dropped off Mary Anne, you know how it is, I got down and dirty.   But then she started bitching, had to be home and Charisse went with her.  Jesus fucking Christ, Elliott, you don't know, I tried so hard to keep one of 'em here for you...”

We tore off.  He burped loudly, and asked me to put some music on.  I fumbled with the docking station, but found some rap I thought he'd like.  A smile crept across the King's face.  He was Duke to his face, Cassius Steeple, but others styled him the King to his great satisfaction.  Or when he wasn't within earshot, His Holiness, the one you don't turn down.  He was unrelenting in his coolness, an unexaggeratedly religious figure to the high school popular crowd, but still neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden, to make love to the crooked-faced chemistry student and burn the leaf in a dank apartment, deep in the heart of Southbridge.

I relaxed around the King, a character always fearless and never to be feared.  He sped dangerously down a wealthy road, unquestionably bound for the built-up urban complexes miles away from where I lived.  The King had a special fondness for every girl this side of the water tower, but on weekends, he was a free jack, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city.  I shivered with the excitement that I, too, might ride the King's wave of sexual excitation, that I might pick up whatever dregs he left me in his endless hedonistic quest.

“The thing is, we've got to get you ready, Elliott.  We've got to get you ready for those Swindell chicks.  I hear they'll do anything.  You going to be the rooster?”

I grinned and nodded.

“I'm glad, Elliott.  The most important thing is-” he coughed- “the most important thing is that you're ready for college chicks.  You need to take the opportunity to find out what the inside of a vagina looks like before the end of this summer.”

He screeched into a parking lot.  The creamery was open, but was I in the mood?  It didn't matter- Cassius dictated everything here.  The passenger door flung open and I gasped for air in the sudden heat, the earth spinning beneath me in the wake of His Holiness's roadway impropriety.  We walked in like best friends.

Rita Kunz presided over the counter.  When she caught sight of the King, the change in her was immediate.  Her face flushed as she narrowed her eyes and bit her lip.  She swayed slightly and crossed her legs, bending slightly further towards us.

“We can't serve you,” she smiled, looking through me at her dream object.  Her eyelids fluttered, and she gave her thin brown hair a quick twirl.

“That's great- I wasn't expecting you here, either,” he said dismissively.  Rita covered her embarrassment with a deeper smile.

She fondled her apron and leaned back from the counter.  “I'm going on break.  You can deal with someone else.”  After she turned, Cassius shot me a grin.

Rita disappeared behind a door, and her assistant came to fill our orders.  Cassius chuckled quietly to himself, and furrowed his brow.  Something devilish came into his eyes as he turned; I was caught in his line of sight.  “Do you have money?” Cassius inquired.  A wave of some dispirited feeling washed over me.

Blondie Memaine scooped the ice cream this time, the pecans and vanilla beans sliding gracefully into her spoon as she prepared the King's dessert.  To me, she'd been the epitome of grace in high school: a slender and elegant diver, capturing the school record for whatever the hell with the butterfly.  Blondie was off to college, back again this semester, actually: all accounts indicated that she had enjoyed her first year immensely.  But to the King, it wasn't the grace, rather the result that counted.  The dessert in this case.  She'd been a fine one, His Holiness insisted, on multiple occasions.

We ate, and he jetted off to some sacred locale.  I wasn't invited.  I waited on the curb with my thumb up, and wondered if the problem was my own.

title: The Strawberry Blonde

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about Cassius?

answer: Cassius is the King, the one who no one turns down. He's cool, an unexaggerated religious figure to the popular crowd, but still neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He's a free jack on weekends, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He's a great friend to Elliott, and wants him to be ready for college girls.

text: The response doesn't mention that Cassius is a high school student.

refinement: Cassius is a high school hero who's called the King, the one who no one turns down. He's cool, an unexaggerated religious figure to the popular crowd, but still neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He's a free jack on weekends, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He's a great friend to Elliott, and wants him to be ready for college girls.

text: He wants Elliott to be ready to sleep with college girls.

refinement: Cassius is a high school hero who's called the King, the one who no one turns down. He's cool, an unexaggerated religious figure to the popular crowd, but still neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He's a free jack on weekends, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He's a great friend to Elliott, and wants him to be ready to sleep with college girls.

answer: Cassius is a popular high school student. He's the King and the one you don't turn down. He's the one who has the power to get girls to sleep with him. He's a cool guy who never gets afraid. He's also a guy who can get you girls.

answer: Cassius is a popular high school student. He's the King and the one you don't turn down. He's the one who has the power to get girls to sleep with him. He's a cool guy who never gets afraid. He's also a guy who can get you girls.

answer: Cassius is the king of the high school popular crowd. He is a religious figure to them because he is cool and never to be feared. He is also neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He is also a free jack, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He is also the most important person to Elliott because he is the one who introduced him to girls and taught him how to be a man. He also seems to be the one who is responsible for Elliott's sexual education.

answer: Cassius is the King, the one who no one turns down. He's cool, an unexaggerated religious figure to the popular crowd, but still neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He's a free jack on weekends, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He's a great friend to Elliott, and wants him to be ready for college girls. He's also a bit of a chauvinist.

answer: Cassius is the king of the high school popular crowd. He is a religious figure to them because he is cool and never to be feared. He is also neurotic and compulsive enough to fit in with the downtrodden. He is also a free jack, free to screw the shop attendant and her visiting niece from the city. He is also the most important person to Elliott because he is the one who introduced him to girls and taught him how to be a man.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about royal decrees?

answer: No answer

answer: The King is the popular high school student. He is a leader, and everyone listens to him. He is also a player and a womanizer. He uses his influence to get what he wants, like a royal decree.

answer: No answer

answer: No answer.

answer: The King says that he wants Elliott to be ready for college girls. He also says that he must find out what the inside of a vagina looks like before the end of the summer.

text: The response is not related to the question.

text: The response doesn't contain an answer. It's empty.

refinement: There's no mention of royal decrees in the story.

answer: No answer