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What's the answer /lit/ ?

>> No.12418312

You’re lazy and nobody will do your homework for you, undergrad brainlet.

>> No.12418327

>>12418312
not homework, only a brainlet looking for answers because i find it interesting

>> No.12418335

C

>> No.12418361
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12418361

A and C are both correct.

>> No.12418754

>>12418307
only B is correct
>Death ... is more ... affecting in summer [...].
>summer and death coming into collision,
>A: statement that says death makes summer meaningless
>C: statement that says death becomes less affecting in summer
>D: complete non sequitur
>B: repetition of first part of the text

>> No.12419608

It's absolutely B. A, C, and D all contradict other parts of the passage.
What the fuck is this from, though?

>> No.12419937

All of this is resting on the idea you give an immense amount of fucks about summer for some reason. Something you're indifferent about can not be spoiled, nor can it spoil that which you're not indifferent about. The question just boils down to 'how does a death in summer make you feel about death and summer?' which is as pointless a question as 'how does someone painting their bedroom blue make you feel about bedrooms and blue?'

>> No.12420173

>>12419937
The question has nothing to do with whether you personally give a shit about any of it you retard, it's about completing the passage in a coherent way

>> No.12420195

>>12418361

How people let things get to this level?

>> No.12420383

>>12420173
If the question was "Puppies make people feel: A) Happy or B) Sad", then how you or someone else feels about puppies is what determines how you complete the passage. What's the difference here?

>> No.12420457

What's the book, OP?

>> No.12420469

>>12420383
It's more akin to: "puppies, being soft cute balls of joy, make you feel
A) happy
B) sad

>> No.12420500

>>12420383
If that were the case they would have omitted the entire preceding paragraph except
>summer and death coming into collision

>> No.12420560

>>12420383
There is a clear voice and purpose of the preceding paragraph, and only one of the responses completes it coherently. Your inability to realize that and extrapolate from it is exactly the kind of obtuse autism that whatever this test is seems to be looking to trick.

>> No.12420586

>>12420469
Your example is just "X, a thing that makes you feel happy, makes you feel: A) Happy or B) Anything Else" which is not what the paragraph OP posted said. It just said "summer" and "death" not "summer, which makes you feel good" and "death, which makes you feel bad". It lets whoever's reading it decide their personal feelings, the paragraph just says that whatever those feelings are must conflict with one another, which is why I have a problem with it.

>>12420500
It felt like they should have. They call summer "tropical" and "redundant" and call death "frozen" and "sterile" which does not necessarily mean anything to the reader. If I liked coldness just as much as I like warmness, then having one interrupted by the other isn't a bad or good thing, which is what it needs to be for the sake of the answer, right?

>>12420560
How am I being obtuse? The question is 'what answer fits the best' which is subjective based on how you feel, and if you feel indifferent then any answer could theoretically be valid.

>> No.12420724

>>12420586
>death is more profoundly affecting in summer than any other time of year

>> No.12420747

>>12420586
>death is more profoundly affecting in summer than in any other part of year
>there is an antagonism between [summer and death]
>2 more dualism comments contrasting summer and death

>> No.12420792

>>12420586
If death is more affecting in summer than in any other part of the year then:
A) summer cannot become meaningless and forgotten since it is what makes death more affecting.
C) the beauty doesn't ease the pain, it makes it more keen (more affecting)
D) has nothing to do with summer, essentially a non-sequetor

B) the contrast (relief) between the attributes of summer and death make death more affecting

>> No.12420800

>>12418754
>>12419608

I agree that B fits best, but I don't thinkj D is a non-sequitur or contradiction. You could make an argument that it fits, just not that it fits better than B. Something like:

Winter represents death, they have drawn attention to this with the phrase "frozen sterilities of the grave". Winter and Summer are regularly portrayed as a cycle of life and death. So a death in the summer might make you think of winter, which would bring to mind the cycle of the seasons and therefore the cycle of life and death.

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>>12420724
>>12420747
>>12420792
Okay, I can see I've contradicted myself somewhat. I suppose it's not fair of me to say "I'm not as affected as it says I should be to necessitate an answer" and "it doesn't declare what I'm supposed to be feeling to necessitate an answer" at the same time.

>> No.12420841

B

What is this from?

>> No.12420856

>>12420841
Leon high school English 1 reading for understanding test

>> No.12420881

>>12419608
I thought it was B as well but I'm leaning towards A at the moment. C is a trick and is wrong and D doesnt make sense

>> No.12420908

>>12420881
summer cannot become meaningless and forgotten since it is what makes death more affecting

>> No.12420956

>>12420800
D isn't a complete non-sequitur, but B seems to be the more evident conclusion that he's building up to. A and C are brainlet-tier.

>> No.12420966

>>12420881
The point being made is the duality and contrast of life and death, not the complete loss of either.