Based on what you have read about the events in the story and how the characters have dealt with conflict choose the best sentence that states the theme and not an opinion for this story

Clarification:

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Choose the best sentence that states the theme and not an opinion for this story.

1) Dreams only come true for some people.

2) People can only be rich once.

3) Sometimes we can find the greatest treasures in our own yards.

4) If you journey from place to place looking for fortune, you are not very smart.

3) Sometimes we can find the greatest treasures in our own yards.

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the short story and then choose the sentence that states the theme. This short story is about a man who dreams that he is going to be rich if he travels to Beijing.

The correct sentence is the third one because when he goes to Beijing he finds out there is a treasure in his yard and he finally gets rich. The other options are not correct because dreams could have come true for the policeman, the man from the story used to be rich but he lost everything and the policeman was not smart because he did not travel to find the treasure.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

tom robinson he was a black man that was accused of raping caucasian woman, and an idealistic lawyer offers to defend him. which makes nobody believe in the innocence of a negro.