In paragraph 3 of walden, thoreau believes that inheriting property is a misfortune because
it teaches you to be lazy.
it weighs you down with materialistic things.
it is completing someone else's work.
the property is worthless.
i think it is "it weighs you down with materialistic things." but not sure need

Compare dee’s and her mother’s spoken language

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?

Who is generally considered a postmodern author