My father had a small estate in nottinghamshire; i was the third of five sons. he sent me to emanuel college in cambridge, at fourteen years old, where i resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although i had a very scanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, i was bound to apprentice to mr. james bates, an eminent surgeon in london, with whom i continued four years; and my father now and then sending me small sums of money, i laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as i always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.

what would be the best suggestion to give jonathan swift to improve the narrator’s reliability in the above passage?
remove all references to gulliver’s home, family, and youth.
remove the reference to “learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics.”
explain the background of the statement, “as i always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”
provide more description of mr. james bates, both his appearance and personality.

Explain the background of the statement, “as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”

The question is asking about the reliability of the narrator. If you were to delete all of his background information, you'd reduce his reliability. Therefore, option A is wrong. The same is true for Option B since it would eliminate information about his education. Option D would include more about the doctor and not the narrator so it would not be helpful.

Explain the background of the statement, “as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do.”

The question is asking about the reliability of the narrator. If you were to delete all of his background information, you'd reduce his reliability. Therefore, option A is wrong. The same is true for Option B since it would eliminate information about his education. Option D would include more about the doctor and not the narrator so it would not be helpful.

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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