In "Araby", James Joyce's narrator .1 mentions The Abbot by Walter Scott and the Memories of Vidocq. Explain the reasons behind Joyce's referring to these texts in particular. Do some research about these texts and their contexts. Make a connection between these texts and Araby to get the reason behind the narrator's alluding to these works in particular. What does this tell you about the writer, the narrator, the priest, and the story “Araby" * ?and its central message

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.