“Rubber tires upon which children had swung in backyards hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the blazing air”. P.162 What meaning is Bradbury trying to convey through this quote?

How does the lotus flower affect the men? 1)it takes them drunk 2)it earases memory and anbition 3)it eases hunger pains 4)it makes the men extremely alert

Read these lines from "an open boat" and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
 which of the end rhymes below matches the one in the last line of the excerpt? “he’s living, i know. but he’s numbed with the cold.” “and there are no voices or ghosts in that darkness.” “and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.” “come. loosen your fingers. – o god, let me keep him! ”

Explain how advancements in technology have affected the diversity of our news, how we receive it, and how it is portrayed by the media.