Read the excerpt from “the railroad earth.” i'd take walks up harrison and the boomcrash of truck traffic towards the glorious girders of the oakland bay bridge that you could see after climbing harrison hill a little like radar machine of eternity in the sky, huge, in the blue, by pure clouds crossed, gulls, idiot cars streaking to destinations on its undinal boom across shmoshwaters flocked up by winds and news of san rafael storms and flash boats. the syntax of the excerpt to create a feeling of a. mystery. b. movement. c. disappointment. d. tranquility.

What is the central idea of the "allegory of the cave"? a. most men live chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall, and trying to guess the nature of objects reflected by a fire. b. a philosopher is like a prisoner freed from the cave that comes to understand that the shadows are not reality, rather he understands reality by his experience. c. men who allow their experience to be shaped by perceptions and shadows do not know a better life. d. a philosopher must return to share the news of enlightenment with others who will not necessarily accept his good news. part