How does the author's decision to begin Passage 2 with a description of the city affect the
reader's perception of Babbitt's situation?
The details of the city's towers provide a positive
comparison to the structure of Babbitt's home.
The description of the city provides a direct contrast
for the description of Babbitt himself.
The description of the impressive office buildings
becomes a metaphor for Babbitt's career.
The description of whistles calling people cheerfully
to work highlights the effect of Babbitt's alarm clock.

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jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.