Answer:
D. Marlow, back in the city, finds the daily lives and concerns of his fellow citizens to be petty.
Explanation:
Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" centers around the character of Marlow who had gone to the African continent to meet Kurtz. This whole plot revolves around the occurrences of the journey.
The above passage is from the third part of the book where Marlow had returned back to Europe. He had no clear memory of how he got back but he is also not appreciative of the European people and their worries. He exclaims that this city looks like a tombstone, filled with "<em>people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other, to devour their infamous cookery, to gulp their unwholesome beer, to dream their insignificant and silly dreams</em>". To him, their daily lives and concerns are so petty as compared to the things he had experienced and seen with his very own eyes.
Answer:
the ocean blue, a thing so beautiful
so merciless, yet so merciful
a captain sings
and his voice rings
praises to the waters which are bountiful
Explanation:
a limerick rhyme scheme follows the pattern <em>aabba</em>, a five line poem- normally humourous and/or rude but i am unsure if that applies here.
Answer:
Alcott's stories about the March family are timeless.
Explanation:
The author shows how the March family histories are timeless and for this reason, they are still relevant today and manage to move the imagination and admiration of modern readers. He says that this success is created mainly because Alcott had the ability to write about domestic life in a very exciting and stimulating way, although she found this kind of life dull.
I think Nick’s narration make us feel that Gastby is an unreliable character
