Which best states the overall structure of walden?
a. the work describes the effect spending time in nature has on thoreau, and then explains why it has that effect.
b. the work describes thoreau’s thoughts over the course of a year spent immersed in the natural world.
c. the work compares thoreau’s thoughts before coming to walden to his thoughts afterward.
d. the work shows how various problems thoreau had before he came to walden are solved by his retreat.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.