Read the following passage:

it is altogether a remarkable mistake for you to believe i never complied with your wishes. "always contrary" was really not my basic principle where you were concerned, as you believe and as you reproach me. on the contrary: if i had obeyed you less, i am sure you would have been much better with me.

franz kafka, "letter to his father"
how is the idea in this passage from "letter to his father" contradictory?
a. kafka always broke the rules, but his father felt that his son should always do what he was told.
b. kafka and his father shared different principles, which caused a lot of conflict.
c. kafka made a lot of mistakes, but his father thought they were good learning experiences.
d. kafka was considered "contrary" but thought his father would have respected him if he had rebelled more.

Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten twain’s words?

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

How did the industrial revolution shape the beliefs of the romantics