The story is about "George Orwell's". He want to express his military life, when first time he got rifle in his hand. They were marching, and he was thinking like a normal guy as he just joined the Military, that what if... he does this or this? This expresses the fear, excitement, respect in his heart for his profession, and he loves it.
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The colors in her art project included splotches of brown, patches where it was yellow, and green streaks everywhere. This is a parallel.
Our favorite pastimes are spending time at the library, to ride around through the countryside, and huge banana splits to share. This is not parallel
That tribe of Native Americans was famous for weaving rugs, shaping pottery, and designing turquoise jewelry. This is parallel
Parallel structure means that the items included in a list must be in the same form, in the first case there are nouns and in the third case the list is on gerunds
I would interpret it as how people only look at reality, not what's inside or what they can't see.
