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valina [46]
3 years ago
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Read this passage from "The City Without Us" by Alan Weisman:

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2 answers:
Tom [10]3 years ago
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B. He uses sarcasm to poke fun at the landscape architect
taurus [48]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: B. He uses sarcasm to poke fun at the landscape architects' attempt to impose their vision on Central Park.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The City Without Us" by Alan Weisman, we can see the description of the different kinds of trees that Olmstead and Vaux brought to plant the in Central Park. The author uses sarcasm to poke fun at the landscape architects' attempt to impose their vision on Central Park, this sarcasm is clearly noticeable in the phrase "to complete their improved vision of nature."

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