Pretest: Beginning a journey The Dreamer
Dreams are beautiful. They go beyond your imagination and create a world so special that you start living in it. I was a dreamer once, so am I
today. I still have the same dream that I once did as a young boy. The problem is that I grew but my dream did not. I always wanted to be an
artist. I love colors, shades, the lines, and the smooth texture of canvas which gave life to what seemed to be a lifeless picture.
It all began in a boring math class. I never liked numbers as they never made any sense to me. For me, they never spoke a word. I started
making ducks out of 5s and watermelons out of Os before the math teacher caught me! The first time Mr. Potter warned me. But I could hardly sit
through his classes. He caught me drawing once again in his class and that was it. My parents were called. Those days, they believed that painters
and artists were drop outs who could not find any job. This was not the end. They told my parents that I would fail miserably if I were to take up
arts. This upset them more than me. My father was a reputed professional and he expected me to become like him one day. He never
understood why I could see ducks where others saw 5. I tried explaining it to him, but I guess he did not understand it.
"Those lines and shades you talk about do not exist," he said. I did not understand where these numbers existed. He wanted me to graduate
and take up a good job while I wanted to live my dreams. The fight went on. On a few occasions, my precious easel would be broken and thrown
away. I had such a difficult time getting them. He was not like this earlier. He always used to get my favorite sketch books when I was young. I
guess after that meeting with Mr. Potter, he changed into a different man.
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Select the correct answer.
Which sentence best explains the author's choice for structuring this passage?
ОА
The author uses flashback to show why the narrator didn't fit in at school.
В.
The author uses flashback to show why the narrator did not pursue his dream of being an artist
Oc The author uses foreshadowing to indicate that the narrator disliked school.
On
The author uses foreshadowing to indicate that the narrator did not get along with his father.

i would lay on the ground, and wait for the earth to simply take me back!

- sincerely, ouma

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.

i will have to go with 1.

hope this !

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