The answer to the question is b
You forgot to mention that this question is about the article "The Flight from Conversation".
Answer:
With the use of oxymoron, Turkle meant that we live constantly alone, but always in "contact" with the people we care about through technology. This statement influences the entire article showing how this ability is affecting our personal relationships.
Explanation:
The article shows how technology has enabled an atificial and shallow form of community. This is because technology allows us to talk to anyone, anywhere in the world, however, this communication does not form bonds and we are always alone.
However, we are alone in a collective way, since all people use this same type of communication. This results in the creation of large groups, which in fact do not exist, are not substantial. As the author of the article says, technology makes us come "a tribe of one."
Answer: an allusion to conflict
Explanation:
Alice walker's mother had eight children and she worked as a sharecropper. She was poor but ensured all of her children were educated.
Explanation:
Alice Walker's mother had eight children and to feed them she had a very low paying work of a sharecropper which she did with her husband.
They were able to feed eight children and with their poor environment they still made sure that the eight children were able to get a proper education as Alice was the youngest out of them all and she received very good education.
This is something that Walker narrates as a big achievement of her mother and something because of which she became what she is.