Question

Writers organize their writings to make an impact on their readers. In Muir's writing about the Calypso Borealis, he places opposing views of his journey close together. Read the following paragraph and explain the opposite views present in the paragraph. What impact does Muir make when he places these opposite views close together?

How long I sat beside Calypso I don't know. Hunger and weariness vanished, and only after the sun was low in the west I splashed on through the swamp, strong and exhilarated as if never more to feel any mortal care. At length I saw maple woods on a hill and found." When I told her I had entered it in search of plants and had been in it all day, she wondered how plants could draw me to these awful places, and said, "It's god's mercy ye ever got out."

Answer 1

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Answer 2

@Mertsj can you help with it too I don't get it

Answer 3

The view of one person who was exhilarated and the view of the other who called it an awful place.
The impact is that it makes the reader think about whether it is a great place or an awful place.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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