Dante introduces the narrator as someone who is completely lost, confused, and alone. He says "I cannot well repeat how there I entered, So full was I of slumber at the moment <span>In which I had abandoned the true way." This quote shows that he was so sleepy that he lost his way and has no idea how he got to where he currently is. </span>
The reader can connect with the narrator because at one point or another, most people have felt like the path they were on has been lost. They also are at the same starting position as the narrator who does not really know much about the world he is encountering. This way the reader and the narrator can discover the rest of the story and world together.
The author starts the text by giving the glimpse of the skepticism which Amazon.com had faced. The author develops the essay further into the challenges and struggles the company had to face throughout the years. The author then explains how much growth Amazon had by 1999.
The PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): "I am buying all my family's Christmas gifts early this year.
I would say this is an opinion based statement. My opinionated response is that the statement is true. The conspiring violence is put onto teens and kids in this day and age due to violence on screens and mainly video games.