<span>I think
that the author decided to begin passage 2 with a description of the city in
order to immerse the reader in the
environment and the conditions in which babbitts are. The writer only wants to
emphasize that a situation in which babbitts are, somehow has a connection with
the area in which they are located, that is the city.</span>
Answer:
Option B. An example that Alan Weisman gives to show that nature has little concern for things that humans find important is <u>paintings in museums.</u>
Explanation:
American journalist Alan Weisman wrote a non-fiction book called "The World Without Us" in which he theorizes about what would happen to our planet and everything we have created and built, if humanity suddenly disappeared. Written as a thought experiment, the author explains that if humans disappeared, nature would restore itself everywhere, and by doing so, it would little by little destroy everything that humans considered vital and important, like paintings in museums. Valuable pieces of art that we, as humans, take great care of, would be destroy and ruined by the force of nature.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
In Dante's divine comedy, he visit hell and is shown the punishment of souls that didn't obey god during their life. Therefore, Dante would agree with people need to work hard to be in god's favor.
Explanation:
The excerpt is taken from the story "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". It is a famous novel written by author Mark Twain. This novel was published in the year 1884 in United Kingdoms.
The novel is about a young boy who is explores out in search of adventure and freedom.
In the excerpt, Huck, the main protagonist is trying his best to save Jim from the man who wants to sell Jim to some of the cruel slave owners. But in the past, Huck did not have cared enough to try and help him. He then realizes Jim is very much like him and that he also believes that slavery is wrong. Huck helps Jim and risks his life going to the jail but he takes the risk.