Read this passage from "the city without us":
the notion that someday nature could swallow whole
something so colossal and concrete as a modern city
doesn't slide easily into our imaginations. the sheer titanic
presence of a new york city resists efforts to picture it
wasting away. the events of september 2001 showed only
what human beings with explosive hardware can do, not
crude processes like erosion or rot. nevertheless, the
time it would take nature to rid itself of what urbanity has
wrought may be less than we might suspect.
why does the author most likely emphasize the size of new york city?
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a. to imply that new york city comprises its own self-contained
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Constructed response paragraph: in the short story, the author describes her life during her “day away” but provides few details about her “normal” life. using information from the text, write a short story that describes events that precede the story above. as you detail the author’s daily routine before her “day away,” be sure your narrative establishes the story’s setting, first-person point of view, and primary conflict.

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How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.