Why does roosevelt say, in the second paragraph, "yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing."?

The answer is to make a connection between the character in Pilgrims Progress and muckraking journalists. I know that this is the answer because I take English and took a quiz asking me about this and it was the right answer.  

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

answer: a. the image doesn’t give relevant information .

explanation: they’re clearly talking about bees in the bullet points, the picture shows a man doing what ? holding paper, its ot relevant.