Choose two sentences where the author compares or contrasts
ideas.
the taipei 101 in taipei, taiwan, held the title for
about fours years before the burj dubai sprouted
higher.
b)
because of its enormous size, the builders of burj
dubai took care to make it resistant to the effects of
winds and earthquakes.
the sears tower in chicago, illinois, actually has
more stories than the towers, but the addition of the
spires in 1998 pushed the towers above the height of
the sears tower.
although the tower is equipped with the latest
technology, it has many traditional chinese elements.
for example, the stacked sections of the building
make the tower look like a bamboo shoot.
therefore, it isn't surprising that the race to have the
tallest skyscraper is competitive and spirited. since
adventurous architects planned the first skyscrapers
in the late 1800s, builders have been testing the
limits of technology and physics with their buildings.

:in "mr. flood's party," how does edwin arlington robinson capture the loneliness and alienation felt by eben flood? use quotes and examples from the text to support your claim.

Dreams are a state of unconsciousness that many of us have experienced. according to sigmund freud, dreams are the “royal road to the unconscious”. what does this mean? secondly, freud stated dreams consist of manifested or latent content. in your response, describe a memorable dream. in your description, identify whether you think your dream is manifested or latent and explain why.

Read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this--and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him.- with his legs up" she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said"what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancles of that kind, but we must forgive them they all rose, said good-night and went away when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better, the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained--that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse again minute followed minute and hour followed hour everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life • b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates c. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful-everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to