Question

excerpt from walden: " where I lived and what I lived for
PART A: Which of the following best describes what the word "mean" conveys, as used in paragraph 1?

Answer 1

markomo

Explanation:

there is no longer be a great day

Answer 2

Answer:

B: Lowly

Explanation:

Here are a few reasons...

Reason 1: In the context of "mean" the author repeatedly states that many adjectives that define he lives in a lowly state now, such as "Spartan-like"

Reason 2: The author uses the word, sublime. Sublime means amazing, excellent, and beauty. And before that in a few words, the author says, " and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime" So this means that his life in the wilderness is either amazing or dull and lowly (mean)

Reason 3 - Process of Elimination: From the evidence in Reason 1 and 2. We can see that Amazing is NOT the answer since that is for sublime not mean. For Average it could be that, but it can't based on evidence from reason 1, and tone. For Useful, that does not even closely relate at all to the story. Therefore, It is B, Lowly

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