Which would be the best way of describing the structure of thoreau’s observations in "civil disobedience"?
a. he moves from a consideration of his surroundings to an evaluation of the state as a whole.
b. he develops a critique of his jail cell into a critique of the entire prison system and justice department.
c. he uses the example of his case as a way to introduce his condemnation of the court.
d. he moves from a description of his jail cell to his reaction to being imprisoned.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift