1. I read the whole essay and the only allusion that she uses is Xanadu. Joan Didion writes, nobody lives at Xanadu meaning nobody lives in the paradise.
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not tell in detail the thing, idea, place or person.
Xanadu is a mitical place. It is located in the north of Shangri La that was introduced in 1933 in the fictional novel Lost Horizon by author James Hilton
2.- The symbol that Joan Didion uses is that nobody lives at Xanadu that it is paradise on earth for her because New York was appealing to the author even though she was not well paid and didn't have the best food on the table.
When it comes to the alarm failure and the canary in "Feathered Friend," we can answer the questions in the following manner:
- The first alarm does not go off and the back-up alarm had not been connected just yet.
- Some potential problems with using a canary rather than an electronic alarm are: The canary may die for some natural reason, which will lead people to think there is something wrong with the air. Also, people may be far away and not see the fainted canary, whereas they would still hear an electronic alarm.
- (This is a an example of a personal opinion) Both can be reliable, but also both can have problems. Canaries have been used in underground mines and helped save people lives for centuries. Electronic alarms are usually efficient, but a problem with the circuit may lead to malfunction.
<h3>What happens in "Feathered Friend"?</h3>
In the story, Sven brings a canary with him to the space station. He wants to see the effects of low gravity on the bird. However, the bird ends up saving everyone's lives.
Sven notices the bird has fainted, and he has knowledge of canaries being used in mines to alert workers about the quality of the air. He quickly assumes there is not enough oxygen.
It turns out that their electronic alarm <u>failed</u> to go off for some reason. Had Sven not brought the bird with him, the crew would have died due to lack of oxygen.
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The Catcher in the Rye, novel by J.D. ... The novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against the “phoniness” of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally unstable.
Answer: The flag went up and down in the wind.
Explanation:
The poem "Barbara Frietchie" tells the story of an old woman in a Union town during the Civil War named Barbara Frietchie. She defended the Union flag against General Jackson and so he let it be.
The action described in those lines describes a flag that kept going up and down with the word "ever" meant to describe that the movement was consistent.
The following line then gives the reason why it kept going up and down to be the wind. Another way to describe those lines therefore is to say that the flag went up and down in the wind.
Answer:
Callous
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A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. [...]
callousness UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
callously ADVERB [ADVERB with verb]
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disregard
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VERB
If you disregard something, you ignore it or do not take account of it. [...]
Disregard is also a noun. [...]
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