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Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf (excerpt)
Traffic accumulated. And there the motor car stood, with drawn blinds, and upon them a curious pattern like a tree, Septimus
thought and this gradual drawing together of everything to one centre before his eyes, as if some horror had come almost to
the surface and was about to burst into flames, terrifled him. The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into
flames. It is I who am blocking the way, he thought. Was he not being looked at and pointed at: was he not weighted there,
rooted to the pavement for a purpose? But for what purpose?
This excerpt from Mrs. Dalloway reveals the state of mind of Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran with a
outlook
on the world. The last two sentences also illustrate
which is a common characteristic of
modernist literature,
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Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one.which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion