In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Irving is saying that the values in American society lie in the wrong place chosing wealth and financial prosperity over the well-being of others.
Irving sees America becoming greedy and warns the reader not to follow Tom Walkers ´s path that led him to exchange his soul to the devil blinded by his ambition for money.
This statement reflects the popular themes of individualism in the romantic era. The American romantics believed that a man's choices decided his fate. Washington Irving shows how Tom chooses the wrong direction that led him astray from the true values of humanity.
''The employees whined about their low wages'' is the statement that contains bias.
The correct answer among the choices provided is option B. The songs of the mockingbird inspire the little brown bat. This made the bat be able to create poems as well. This bat was different from the other bats that were hanging upside down from the roof.
Soil compaction occurs when soil particles are pressed
together, reducing pore space between them. Heavily compacted soils
contain few large pores and have a reduced rate of both water infiltration and
drainage from the compacted layer. Excessive soil compaction impedes
root growth and therefore limits the amount of soil explored by roots. This, in
turn, can decrease the plant's ability to take up nutrients and water. From the
standpoint of crop production, the adverse effect of soil compaction on water flow
and storage may be more serious than the direct effect of soil compaction on
root growth.
