Question

adapted from london excursion: bus by john gould fletcher great walls of emerald, city that is afar, we gallop along, alert and penetrating, roads open about us, housetops keep at a distance. soft - curling tendrils, swim backwards from our image we are a red bulk projecting the angular city in shadows at our feet. black coarse - squared figures, bump and growl and assemble; it is the city that takes us to itself, vast thunder riding down strange skies. an arch under which we slide divides our lives for us, after we have passed it we know we have left something behind 1 how does the author develop the theme of mans struggle to maintain individuality within modern society? a. by describing the emptiness of the city that creates both distance and strangeness b. by describing the allure of the city and the passengers desire to become part of it c. by describing the mechanical nature of the city and the desire to revolt against it d. by describing the arches of the city that both divide and unite the passengers

Explanation:

The description of the city's mechanical nature in the poem, such as "Black coarse - squared figures, Bump and growl and assemble", suggests a dehumanizing environment. The desire to revolt against such a mechanical nature implies a struggle to maintain individuality.

Answer:

C. by describing the mechanical nature of the city and the desire to revolt against it