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Thoreau was all about simplicity; anything that took away from his vision was the enemy. Mechanical aids were one of them. Guess he had to train a...
Thoreau wants our lives to be simplified. He claims that we gain less from life when we over-complicate things.
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SAT Reading: Drawing Conclusions from the Tone of Twain's Essay 3 Views
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Mark Twain doesn't like an apprentice. Find out why when you watch this SAT Reading video.
Transcript
- 00:02
all right more SAT readin on purpose structure and all that stuff alright
- 00:07
here we go the question passage which choice best describes what bothers me [text on screen]
- 00:10
most about the apprentice engineer alright well the correct answer is B
- 00:15
Twain's tone toward the boy isn't a nice one he uses words like envy right there
- 00:20
in loathe and describes the boy as obnoxious right down to his showy brass
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- 00:26
chain on an ignorant watch yeah I just didn't know how to tell time except for
- 00:30
twice a day well he's not a big fan of all the hoopla it's this kind of [man shaking watch]
- 00:34
annoying showy demeanor that bugs Twain the most and the majority of Twain's
- 00:38
insults are about the boys exaggeration and dress instead of a lack of talent or [text on screen]
- 00:43
good luck so get rid of a and D actually went Wayne does say the boy acted [close up of man's face]
- 00:47
against church teachings but it sounds like that was a deliberate life choice
- 00:51
that wasn't rooted in ignorance so there you have it your answer [man smoking]
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