What effect does the symbol have on the meaning in "here is new york" by e. b. white? the commuter is the queerest bird of all. a. the suburb he inhabits has no essential vitality of its own and is a mere roost where he comes at day’s end to go to sleep. the symbol of commuters b. as birds illustrates how they come and go without ever experiencing the city. c. as birds are inherently pests, the writer uses symbolism to express his view that commuters offer nothing positive to new york. by describing the commuter as a bird, the writer emphasizes the freedom of commuters who can come and go from the city as they . d. the symbolism of the suburbs as a “roost” expresses the safety and comfort of the commuter’s home.

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret