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we're gonna read the rose passage here but guess what we're only gonna skim the

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first paragraph I wasn't really having handled anything honest leading backing

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with no billing endeavors on me let me picture a new employee that was the [man rapidly reading passage]

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first paragraph so now we're cruising down here to the question and it asks

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the rogue uses the phrase mechanical aids in prepare rapid passage by cables

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or no electric charge all right well here the correct answer is C introduce [man boxing]

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the conflict between modern convenience in simple living so it's just the

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introduced conflict don't get all uptight some people don't need an alarm

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clock to wake up because well if they have 12 cats hi Todd who all expect [kittens crawling on womans bed while she sleeps]

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breakfast at 5:00 a.m. well our pal Thoreau isn't literally

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talking about using something mechanical like an alarm clock to wake up in the

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morning though the most obvious clue well it's all the figurative language [Thoreau looking through magnifying glass]

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that follows like infinite expectation of the dawn paint the very atmosphere

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all right well this first paragraph sirs is an introduction if the Rose claimed

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that people should live simply and deliberately he primarily talks about

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how great it is to elevate life by a conscious endeavor but he sneaks in the

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mention of forsaking mechanical aids in order to set up the conflict between

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simple living and its primary enemy modern convenience over those modern

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conveniences yeah the row obviously doesn't think people need mechanical [thoreau holding an iPhone]

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aids but there's nothing in the first paragraph that's specifically down on

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modern convenience Oh get rid of a he saves all his negativity for later to

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start off with while he's really excited about elevating his life also other than [Thoreau waiting in an elevator]

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suggesting that they might force to take up soon or sound asleep yeah maybe his

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alarm clock broke and he missed out on the class camping trip what do you think

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well the first paragraph isn't really about eating on modern convenience all

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the figurative language in the first paragraphs good clue that he's not [sun rises over city skyline]

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talking literally about methods of waking up in the morning

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you got enough that with our snoring cats here [cats snoring in bed]

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