Homesteaders living on the great plains were what you call "Extremely Dramatic". There were lots of conditions on the great plains that affected settlers lives. Here are these problems; building houses, staying healthy, extreme weather, lack of fuel, Indian Attacks, lack of isolation, keeping clean, lack of water, and pests and vermin. The problem with the bugs were grasshoppers. Grasshoppers ruined their crops. Building houses from wood was expensive. The settlers couldn't afford building houses from wood, so they built it from sod. The walls and floors were infested with bugs and lice, because these homes were built from dirt and grass. It would leak in the homes when it rained. They also had problems staying healthy because of the insects. The insects that flew around would inject disease into their bodies. In other words, There are three things that helped them survive, and 3/3 of these examples issued technology. 1.) Barbed wire, 2.) steel plow, and 3.) windmills. The barbed wire was for housing reasons, the steel plow was for cutting through tough prairie sod, and the windmills for pumping water out of the ground. :)
Calvin's professor can conclude that Calvin has been an observational kid.
Explanation:
The observation Calvin makes is a rather arbitrary one but one that can invite broader concern nonetheless.
Some kids start bobbing their heads and raising them before they can ever turn while the other develop these skills in the opposite order.
It would remain to be seen if Calvin would think something can be inferred from this otherwise rather standalone observation of things or not as there may be a study on how far this can be taken in child psychology.
At any rate, he is an observational student and the professor can put that to use.
The correct answer is:
The author's purpose for the allusion is to emphasize how seriously the relationship is doomed.
Romeo and Juliet was a tragic story. Two star-crossed lovers who could not be together, and have a sustaining relationship. Comparing Sasha and Karl to this really shows how these two face a similar proposition. Their relationship is doomed. They can't be together like Romeo and Juliet could not be together.