Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate time in the excerpt. The second sentence is saying that he is in the midst of time/living, and he can "detect how shallow it is," meaning that he is aware that life is short and that the end is inevitable. Thoreau also describes time as being fleeting, but ever-present.
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<u>Answer:</u> A. While he no longer thinks about his accident all the time johnny remains embarrassed by his hand.
<u>Reasoning:</u> B. The book itself doesn't inact that Johnny is considering the doctor helping his hand.
C. If he believed it wasn't his business he wouldn't have said it was "gods will" or answered the question about it.
D. The boy seems more embarrassed of the hand rather than rude or arrogant.
Knowing my grandfather's made me realize how fortunate I am.
A. Somewhat.
This is a modifier that doesn't really affect the sentence.
Churchill makes use of parallel construction partically in the last paragraph of our exerpt. He gradually builds his case and concludes in a way to raise people to his cause. He repeatedly begins his sentences with "We shall.." This makes it sound like he already has a recruitment of people on his side- whether or not he does we do not know. "<span>We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island..." This is an extremely effective and commonly used rhetorical device.</span>
