Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: in an abandoned city, there would be no one like paul schuber and peter briffa to race from station to flooded station whenever more than two inches of rain falls—as happens lately with disturbing frequency—sometimes snaking hoses up stairways to pump to a sewer down the street, sometimes navigating these tunnels in inflatable boats. with no people, there would also be no power. the pumps will go off, and stay off. "when this pump facility shuts down," says schuber, "in half an hour water reaches a level where trains can't pass anymore." briffa removes his safety goggles and rubs his eyes. "a flood in one zone would push water into the others. within 36 hours, the whole thing could fill." what claim does weisman make in "the city without us"? how does the text structure of this excerpt support weisman's claim? be sure to refer to examples from the text to support your analysis.

The claim of Weisman refers to the fact that the city will be in ruins if there are no people who’d maintain the plants. This quote, - “city maintenance usually shows up, kills the weeds, and fills the fissures” proves my point. If there are no people, the sewers would be clogged, while cracks will expand and allow a lot of plants to grow, and trees will find root and cover the city with its ever-expanding canopies. Weisman describes how nature will recover a city after many years. The structure of the text theorizes what might happen in the future in a world where there are no peoplele.

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

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the opening scene of "sweat" exposes the great emotional charge of the story. it shows the violence and abuse that dyes the marriage between delia jones and skyes.

skyes decides to terrorize his wife by pulling a bull whip (which resembles a snake), knowing that she is terrified of those animals. skyes laughs cruelly at her and kicks the laundry with which delia has been working hard, telling her to get rid of it. skyes also comments on her religious manners, telling his wife how ridiculous they are. delia reacts by threatening skyes with her frying pan, generating even more conflict