Which TWO sentences from Loneliness communicate themes of the excerpt? A Old citizens remembered him as a quiet, smiling youth inclined to silence. B When he was twenty-one years old Enoch went to New York City and was a city man for fifteen years. C He never grew up and of course he couldn’t understand people and he couldn’t make people understand him. D He did not want friends for the quite simple reason that no child wants friends. E They might talk, to be sure, and even have opinions of their own, but always he talked last and best.

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me

What are two themes in ted chiang’s “exhalation”?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile