Why does the author include these sentences in the article

The author includes these sentences in the article to compare the different ways that bicycles were used by these bike-riding soldiers

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Why does the author include these sentences in the article?

"When Japan invaded China en 1937, it used 50,000 bike riding troops", "In World War II, British soldiers were equipped with folding bikes", "In Sweden, soldiers used bikes for transportation until the 1980's"

To show the improvements in bicycles from 1930's tp 1940's to the 1980's

To explain how bikes are used in peacetime, as well as during wars

To show that militaries from all over the world have used bicycles

To compare the different ways that bicycles were used by these bike-riding soldiers

These sentences only provide information about how did the soldiers use the bikes and were then this information has the purpose of informing the reader of different ways of using the same kind of transport and it does not connect it to the times of war or peace but it does connect it to the kind of people they are referring to as users.

To show that militaries from all over the world have used bicycles.

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in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

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