I wish there were any answer choices if there were any but the answer is - to define the purpose of the essay and show whos point of view it is.
Answer:
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Explanation:
Ride saw damage to the environment and the haze that obscures most big cities. Why would these effects make colors seen in 1983 seem not as bright as those seen ten years earlier? The dimming of colors reflects and additional ten years of pollution
<span>Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy</span>
Answer:
The author couldn't follow his dreams because of the job market failure. He was an English major and wanted to be a writer but couldn't get the job. He tried for several months to get a job with no luck until he heard about an opening in a newspaper business. Nobody wanted the job so he took it. He didn't believe he could be a reporter because he never thought about it before. He wanted to write, not ask questions.
The failure of the job market shaped a motivator externally in the short story. If the job market was thriving, he would have probably found a writing job somewhere else instead of the reporter job he took. He would have never found his true passion for reporting with the failure.
Notice the Irony?