TOPIC/MAIN IDEA OF PARAGRAPH: (short phrase only Then, for a few minutes she just stared. Like the whole world, the house and land had changed. The once immaculate flowers bed had been overrun by weeds. Wild grasses covered the tennis court, walls and statues. Then a speckled butterfly flew over her shoulder. Through her tears, Miriam watched a caterpillar inch up a butterfly stem. She reached out to a butterfly with blue and silver strips. So life was here, after all. There were no zebras, old tortoises, or elegant swans, but these smaller lives had a beauty all their own. Miriam stood up and walked past looping brambles. she found a wren's nest made entirely of flowers from an oak tree. There as much to marvel at without anyone clipping, pruning, or interfering Q

How does thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of "economy" inwalden? -he uses the word "t" because he feels it sounds more interesting-he does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional account-he uses first-person point of view to get his readers' attention-he uses the word "t" for the sake of sincerity and honesty.

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Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance