Read the blog entry below and answer the question that follows:

at first i dreaded going to sixth grade camp. i was sure the food would be poisonous, i would freeze to death in my sleeping bag, and the other kids in my cabin would never talk to me. but was i wrong! in fact, it was the best week ever! i went horseback riding and participated in a ropes activity with a zip line course. after the course, i climbed to the top of a pole using only ropes and carabiner clips, and then i rappelled off the top. i even made a new best friend. oh, by the way, the food was delicious. it tasted better than my mom's! (but don't tell her.)

review the first sentence:

at first i dreaded going to sixth grade camp.

what is the connotation showing here?
the author was impatient and could not wait to get to camp.
the author was worried he/she might not enjoy camp.
the author welcomed the opportunity to go to camp.
the author was excited about going to camp.

the author was worried he/she might not enjoy camp

Explanation:

he/she thought the food was going to be poisonous, also thought he/she would freeze to death in the sleeping bag. And thought nobody in his/her cabin would talk to him or her

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

the correct answer is (a) . answer should be simple, clear and brief.