New arrivals at one retirement community were told by its director: “you are like pilgrims crossing the ocean to take up a new life.” this simile implicitly supports the author’s assumption that those moving to retirement communities feel: ambivalence about the wisdom of breaking with the past. satisfaction at becoming independent of their families. relief at leaving situations that had become difficult. optimism about being among those with similar goals.

Relief at leaving situations that had become difficult.

Explanation:

By establishing such simile, the author wants to depict the feeling of relief pilgrims experienced when escaping from the religious persecution and complicated political scenario of their country. Of course, this was not the best way of leaving their country and also involved suffering, but it was much better than such harsh reality they had been tolerating in the past.

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one of the groups i belong to is the boy scouts. this is a problem-solving group because it has tasks that we need to solve in order to other people in different activities such as the rescue of lost pets, or elder people in need.

the other group i belong to is kids pro environment, and is an information-sharing group that tries to create conscience about the risks and problems that generate pollution in our cities. we share information to other students and parents on the importance of keep our communities clean and our skies clear.