2. How do paragraphs 1 through 4 develop a central idea in "Don't Fix Your Fridge, Just Buy a New One"?

How do you think langley employees reconcile the difference between the work they do that is innovative and advances humankind with the work they do that destroys it?

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls