Two ideas that people once thought imposible even if they didnt violate laws of physics were-
- Idea of human flying
- Idea of breaking the sonic barrier
Explanation:
Neil Tyson says that the idea of flying and breaking of the sonic barrier was earlier considered impossible, even if they did not specifically violate any laws of Physics.
The idea of flying had grown as an envy component in humans on seeing birds fly. Kelvin in his essay had argued for a machine that could fly and was heavier than air.
Similarly, the idea of breaking the Sonic boom was earlier considered to be impossible, but no physics law prevented it from happening. E.g. The bullets fired from the guns were travelling at a rate faster than the speed of the sound. However, after the Bell aircraft broke the sonic barrier, it was widely believed that the barrier can be broken.
The aspect of this poem that most clearly marks it as a work of Modernism is D. It avoids using rhythm or rhyme. In poetry, this writing style is called 'free verse' and it is characterized as an open form of poetry, reading which you will never see a meter patterns or rhyme. Such form was favoured with poets of Modernism; they usually follow the rhythm of natural speech just as if you reading simple letter or something like this.
Answer: your dreams we’re not achieved like in the old story of Icarus
Explanation:
Joan Didion's 1967 essay "Goodbye to All That" offers a romantic, sentimental, a wistful examination of her feelings for the city of New York. The second answer, here, is correct because Didion compares her feelings for New York to those that one feels in respect to a romantic relationship. Didion's portrait of New York, here, cannot be considered to be "clear-eyed" and "honest" due to the idealized and romantic vision of the city that she offers. Furthermore, Didion's essay is not comedic or self-depreciating.
