Read this excerpt from "goodbye to all that" by joan didion. [new york city] was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself. to think of “living” there was to reduce the miraculous to the mundane; one does not “live” at xanadu. which statement best explains the impact that the allusion to xanadu has on the meaning of the text? the allusion indicate that new york city, like the magical xanadu of literature, was a place that looked appealing from afar but from which one could never escape after entering. the allusion stress the notion that new york city was, to didion, a wondrous, fantastical, or mythical place for so long that encountering its everyday, ordinary, or humdrum realities was disappointing. the allusion show that didion's time in new york city exposed her to cultural and literary experiences that allowed her to make relevant and accurate references to mythical cities like xanadu. the allusion suggest that didion, like a resident of the mythical and miraculous xanadu, realized that she had finally arrived in the place where all of her dreams would come true.

Why do the other characters in olivia’s household hate malvolio?

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

23456how does pap feel about huck's education, and the fact that he can read and write? pap does not like the school huck is attending, and thinks he could do a better job educating his son.pap feels that huck has enough money at judge thatcher's house, so he does not need to learn to read and wipap believes that education is important, and that huck should keep attending school.pap believes that, by going to school, huck is trying to prove he is better than his father.next questione ask for