Question

the following text is adapted from charles dickenss 1854 novel hard times. coketown is a fictional town in england. coketown contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound upon the same pavements, to do the same work, and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of the last and the next.
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which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
a to emphasize the uniformity of both the town and the people who live there
b to explain the limited work opportunities available to the towns residents
c to reveal how the predictability of the town makes it easy for people to lose track of time
d to argue that the simplicity of life in the town makes it a pleasant place to live

Explanation:

The text repeats phrases like "like one another" and describes identical daily routines for people and identical streets in the town, focusing on sameness across both the town's environment and its inhabitants. Option B is incorrect as work opportunities are not the focus. Option C is wrong because the text does not mention losing track of time. Option D is incorrect since the text does not frame this uniformity as pleasant.

Answer:

A. To emphasize the uniformity of both the town and the people who live there