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Why does the author include paragraph 7?
7x Sadly, the intensity of the emotions that movies produce in us, and the consequent
pleasure we get from watching them, may actually be diminishing. It has to do with the
new ways in which we consume them. At home, or on our smart phones, movies are
wonderfully convenient. But watching in this way limits their magic because we're in
control: we have the power to stop the film or fast forward bits we don't like. On top of
that, we are bombarded with distractions: unfinished homework lying on the coffee
table, the text message that's just arrived from a friend. The cinema is designed to take
us away from all of that, and in doing so, it maximizes the psychological effects of film. "If
you're not giving up control to the movie, Holland says, "you're getting a thinned-out
movie experience." More control might be more convenient, but it won't mean more
magic. Surely we deserve better than that, and Frodo does too.
To contrast the enjoyment received from older and newer
movies
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To express concern regarding the ways people often watch
movies today
To suggest that newer movies lack emotional appeal for
viewers
Maximizing the Magic of Movies
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To explain why theater attendance has declined in recent
years

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Explanation:

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the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

pretty sure the answers are 1 b 2 c idk hope it is right