Please help me!! how can I make this flow better?

Finally, the Roman empire was affected when the city of Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. The eruption was significantly worse than what it is thought to have been. Pompeii was an important city to Rome because it was a major trading area them. We have learned so much about the Roman lifestyle and life during the eruption due to the ash preserving everything.

How does the narrator’s knowledge of his postapocalyptic world in "by the waters of babylon” affect his reactions to the different settings? it motivates him to make up stories about the world and the places he explores. it has caused him to fear the settings outside the hill country, so he tries to avoid them. it forces him to reject what he sees and experiences himself at various locations in the story. it makes him cautious about new settings yet open-minded and critical of what he experiences.

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gifts that jim had purchased in the beginning of the story this would be an example of

Respond for free points because i don't have a question anymore.