Answer: <em>One reason could have been that the author wanted to illustrate the insignificance of human beings in contrast to the grandeur and power of nature.</em>
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Young people aren't lining up to drive like they used to. Year after year, 16 to 25 year olds are getting their driver's licenses only because they release some ways they know. They only learn things that are only on the test not other things besides the test. They get their driver's license and they immediately become clueless on the real road. This is due to the lack of caring to drive correctly on the road when the time comes.
I would sell ice-scream in the Arctic by focusing more about the taste of the ice-scream, instead of the temperature of the ice-scream. And persuading them into wanting to taste what I’m talking about.