The author quotes thoreau in a passage that celebrates the virtues of nature in the decomposition of a dead horse (lines 180-193). then she addresses thoreau directly: "come off it, henry david." what central idea is developed in lines 194-202? what effect does oates's tone, or attitude toward her subject, in this passage have on the reader?

bildungsroman describes a coming-of-age story.

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they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment

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