15 to the story of my life by helen keller
part a

how does helen keller’s word choice convey meaning in paragraph 1?
a. by using words such as noisy-throated, trilled, and bursting, keller readers imagine how it felt for her to hear for the first time out among the creatures of the natural world.
b. by using words such as studied, learned, and lessons, keller readers understand that spending time in the natural world was a positive experience that taught her a great deal.
c. by using words such as odour, rustling, and indignant, keller readers recognize the challenges she overcame through resilience and the heightened powers of her own senses.
d. by using words such as silky, spicy, and clovery, keller readers recognize that her memory and imagination were powerful forces that her to overcome her disabilities.

part b

how does paragraph 2 develop and refine the ideas conveyed in paragraph 1?
a. it captures how excited keller was to experience the natural world and learn from it.
b. it shows the ways in which keller's understanding of the world was the product of her own good fortune and faith.
c. it explains the obstacles keller encountered due to her physical disabilities.
d. it demonstrates how serene keller became when she retreated into her own mind.

Part A: B. By using words such as studied, learned, and lessons, Keller helps readers understand that spending time in the natural world was a positive experience that taught her a great deal.

Part B: A. It captures how excited Keller was to experience the natural world and learn from it.

Explanation:

I took the test.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

i am almost certain that man symbolizes communism in this passage.

hope this