First how does the repetition used in the text contribute to its overall meaning?

they came for the socialists, and i did not speak out — because i was not a socialist. then they came for the trade unionists, and i did not speak out — because i was not a trade unionist. then they came for the jews, and i did not speak out — because i was not a jew. then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

are you kidding? from that description of two mansions, you can't figure out which one is bleak and desolate? maybe you should consider looking those words up in a dictionary, if you don't know what they mean already.

meet you at the corner

henry david thoreau and ralph warren emerson earned the name transcendentalists.you could assume that transcendentalists come from a well educated background from people that were alive before the american civil war.these people, mostly new englanders, mostly around boston, were attempting to create a uniquely american body of literature. it was already decades since the americans had won independence from england. and so they deliberately went about creating literature, essays, novels, philosophy, poetry, and other writing that were clearly different from anything from england, france, germany, or any other european nation.another way to look at the transcendentalists is to see them as a generation of people struggling to define spirituality and religion in a way that took into account the new understandings their age made available.