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to explain her viewpoint on the wonders of reading
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, author Maya Angelou's purpose is to tell about her childhood, while she shows how she thinks and feels about her childhood.
The thesis of this essay is that the absurdity of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is used deliberately by Adams to portray feelings of anxiety and existentialism and the key to understanding it lies in understanding how he uses absurdity.
I believe it's C. <span>Monsieur Maillard himself was considered mentally unstable as evidenced by his cruel punishments, confining his patients to the house or grounds and allowing them the freedom to wear other people’s ordinary clothing.
We can see this through the usage of the word 'patient' in the excerpt which indicates there is something wrong about him and this part of this sentence : </span><span><em>were permitted </em><span><em>to roam about the house </em></span></span><em>and grounds in the ordinary apparel of persons in right mind. . . </em>which indicates that he's losing his mind.
