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the following passage describes the migration of the stamper family acr…

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the following passage describes the migration of the stamper family across america to california. select the best evidence to support the statement \the stamper family moves west because they are restless.\ there may be more than one correct choice.

on the move ever since that first day the first skinny immigrant stamper took his first step off the boat onto the eastern shore of the continent. on the move with a kind of trancelike dedication. generation after generation leapfrogging west across wild young america; not as pioneers doing the lords work in a heathen land, not as visionaries blazing trail for a growing nation (though they quite often bought the farms of discouraged pioneers or teams of horses from disillusioned visionaries making tracks back to well - blazed missouri), but simply as a clan of skinny men inclined always toward itchy feet and idiocy, toward foolish roaming, toward believing in greener grass over the hill and straighter hemlocks down the trail.

from ken kesey, sometimes a great notion. copyright 1964 by ken kesey

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

To support the statement that the Stamper family moves West because they are restless, we analyze the passage:

  • "On the move ever since that first day...On the move with a kind of trancelike dedication" shows their continuous movement, indicating restlessness.
  • "a clan of skinny men inclined always toward itchy feet and idiocy, toward foolish roaming" directly describes their restlessness (itchy feet, foolish roaming) as a reason for moving.
  • "believing in greener grass over the hill..." implies a restless desire for something new, driving their westward movement.

Answer:

  • "On the move ever since that first day the first skinny immigrant Stamper took his first step off the boat onto the eastern shore of the continent. On the move with a kind of trancelike dedication."
  • "but simply as a clan of skinny men inclined always toward itchy feet and idiocy, toward foolish roaming, toward believing in greener grass over the hill and straighter hemlocks down the trail."